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Any book that has as much to do with hardware as this one is bound to show its age almost immediately, and indeed this book lacks detailed coverage of the latest developments in the Intel Pentium III microprocessor line. However, the authors (a team of MCSE- and ASE-certified experts) more than adequately cover the concepts and tools you need to understand the hardware. A careful editing job has resulted in a uniformly clear, didactic style that rewards the reader who is experimenting on a live system while reading along. Because this is a test-preparation aid, each chapter concludes with its most important facts bullet-pointed for easy review and a brief multiple-choice quiz. Answers to the quiz questions appear (with discussions of the correct answers) in an appendix, and you'll find a test simulator on the companion CD-ROM. --David Wall
Topics covered: The published exam objectives of the three Compaq ASE exams--Compaq Systems Technologies (exam 010-397), Compaq Systems Management (010-078), and Compaq/Windows NT Integration and Performance (010-067). Hardware, networks, and operating system integration all receive coverage, with a nice balance of theory and practice all around. Coverage of Compaq Insight Manager, SmartStart, and server management technology are all particularly strong.
