Studying for A+ Exam ~ Looking for a BitMe.org invite

Post by **Mozgus** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:55 pm

Simply put, I need an invite to http://www.bitme.org/

I'm specifically looking for training tools for the A+ Certification Exam for 2007. I'm obviously not going to pay $2000 for a course, or $600 for a disc suite. I feel like I'm halfway there already in terms of what I know, so both options would be wasteful for me.

Post by **bustaballs** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:32 pm

I'd also like one and I'm willing to exchange a underground-gamer invite for one. >.>

Post by **Mozgus** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:29 pm

Forgot to mention that demonoid finally came back online and it had some 2006 materials, which I think is still the newest.

Post by **neohx_7** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:20 pm

A+ is easy. Just get a book for 50 bucks and study.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:24 pm

neohx_7 wrote:A+ is easy. Just get a book for 50 bucks and study.

Not a chance. I've read reviews, and even the most respectable books get reviews indicating that they don't cover all the material. The last thing I want is to spend 50 bucks, study, feel confident, pay $150 for the test, and fail because the book misled me into thinking I knew the whole thing.

But anyways, I said I found some training apps. Screw books. I don't learn shit from text. This is a visual field, for the most part.

Post by **marurun** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:59 pm

I've heard A+ certification has improved a lot in the past few years, meaning you actually have to prepare for the exam and it no longer makes any references to the 486.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:42 pm

marurun wrote:I've heard A+ certification has improved a lot in the past few years, meaning you actually have to prepare for the exam and it no longer makes any references to the 486.

I'm starting to believe this. I took a practice test without studying back in 2003 and got like 55%. Now I feel like I only know a third of this shit.

Post by **Yackom** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:34 pm

I took and passed the test back in like 1998, I was like 17 at the time. I got a book, read it, studied a bit. Even if the test is harder now I can't imagine it being that much harder now, so it can't be that bad, just need to do your homework.

Post by **marurun** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:05 pm

Yackom, they made major revisions between 2002 and 2004, somewhere in there. The new A+ is nothing like the old one. A+ used to mean very little. Anybody could pass it and it lost reputation over that. There was a big push to bring some value back to the certification and it's supposedly much more challenging now. It sure as hell isn't Cisco certification, that's for sure, but it's not the joke it used to be.

Post by **Yackom** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:36 pm

marurun wrote:Yackom, they made major revisions between 2002 and 2004, somewhere in there. The new A+ is nothing like the old one. A+ used to mean very little. Anybody could pass it and it lost reputation over that. There was a big push to bring some value back to the certification and it's supposedly much more challenging now. It sure as hell isn't Cisco certification, that's for sure, but it's not the joke it used to be.

Even still, it might be a challenge but I doubt there is any need for a class.

Good luck finding your DL Mozgus.