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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:00:59 GMT, "sisko" <> wrote:

>I need to buckle down and finally get my cert, but the book I have is
>entirely too boring (Meyer's A+ AIO 5th ed) and I start dozing off when it
>gets to the nitty gritty like discussing IRQs registries and what nots.

Hmmmmm.

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>A classroom atmosphere complete with hands on labs would be ideal, but the
>few I are prohibitively expensive ($2200). So if any one knows a Detroit
>area course for relatively cheap ( < $200) that would be awesome.

If you are bored reading Mike's book, I would be very careful about
even trying a $200 investment, although...some people just do better
when it's more hands on. Mike's book has a lot of interesting pictures
that tend to at least try to make it easier to understand the boring
stuff.

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>Otherwise I am looking for a relatively cheap, but good, CD based training
>course (< $100) packed with plenty of video examples. Does anybody have any
>suggestions?

I have not seen every CBT ever created. However, the ones that I have
seen are more-or-less best considered as reinforcement of other
previously acquired knowledge. Have you any hands-on experience?

The bottom line is...education, like many things in life, requires
dedication and hard work.

Tom

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>Thanks in advance.
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