A+ Certification Training Kit, Second Edition (IT-Training Kits)

Just ordered this booking thinking that it was the new edition shown in the picture (blue cover - in the style of all of teh new microsoft books)... upon clicking to see more images, i see that all of the images are of the older book (white cover). Now, looking further at the publication date, as some others have said, this is an old edition of the book. Pretty crappy that they're even selling it on amazon, and I don't even see the new edition for sale on here! Not overly happy that I just wasted my money...

Hey all.. this book is a really good resource for the exam, but for sure it is not enough, cuz it doesn't cover the new 2003 objectives such as WinXP in the OS section and many other things in the core section.. I passed the tests using this book as one of my study materials, as well as the Microsoft Readiness Review and A+ Exam Cram, A+ Exam Prep (useful for WinNT), and Macaraft PrepLogic 4th edition, and still non of these books cover all of the new 2003 objectives...
Good luck all...

Although the third edition, ISBN 073561265X, was published 3/7/2001, there is still not a whisper about Windows XP in the book. Very much the best book on the subject is Scott Mueller's, ISBN 0789729741.

I just passed (January 2003) both A+ exams, using this book as one of my references. It certainly offers a different approach and unique perspective than the other A+ books. I found information in this book that is not in any of the other major A+ references; however, some of the good, nice-to-know info seems beyond the A+ objectives. I would recommend it and the Microsoft A+ Certification Readiness Review as supplements to one or more of the slim A+ Adaptive Exam books by either Meyers or Crayton. I didn't look at the info on the included CD.

Nowhere is a potential buyer warned that there is a third edition of this book. I made the mistake of getting this book. It is a good thing that I also purchased the Readiness Review which which, to my shock, started testing me on things not even mentioned in the Training Kit. To get the most recent edition - so you do not fail the exam - get ISBN 0-7356-1265-X.