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Title: Over-Rated, Poor Editorial Control and Value
Review: I'm using this book now to study for my fourth MCSE exam, and find it very poor compared with other books. Here's why. 1. Many editorial mistakes make it hard to rely on. 2. The CD-ROM Multimedia materials do not illustrate the most important concepts, such as subnet masks. Instead, they illustrate fairl;y clear ideas. 3. The descriptions of subnet masks and addressing are far less clear than in other books. Examples are abitrary and not explained. The practices do not focus clearly on the themes of the chapter (try comparing the actual summaries with the actual exercises and you will see what I mean). 4. Answers to exercises are not explained in any detail. For this reason, I found the Microsoft Press material far less useful that materials such as Exam/Cram, on-line articles, and the comments of netizens. I cannot recommend this for anyone serious about self-study.
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