Seph: I know the pain! I can't get DSL where I live, either. If it were available, though, I'd have my two comps and the DSL modem connected to a router, that way neither would have to be on for the other to get on the net.
vvalentine: Yeah, A+ never looks bad on your Resume, plus some companies do require you to have it. Sorry to dissappoint you on the price, but the A+ exams (there are two exams: The core and the Windows/DOS exam.) together are somwhere between $235 - $275 (can't remember where they fell . . . just know it was somewhere in there.)
. . . my company pay for exam? yeah right!! Maybe if I had a REAL job, they'd pay for my schooling . . .
chowder: Oh yeah, I know all too well about those MS tests. The best questions are those situation questions where it gives you the predicament, required results, optional results, and a solution. Then it asks you if the solution:
a. Meets the required results AND the optional results
b. Meets the required results BUT NOT the optional results
c. Does not meet the required results.
Those can be tough . . .
I was thinking about taking that N+ test, too. I probably should.
As far as all the MS exams I wanted to take:
70-720, 70-215, 70-216, 70-217, 70-220, 70-088, and 70-222.
Alot of reading and alot of money. I guess time'll tell if I actually get through them all.