Thanks to all for your input.
Marcus Bedford wrote:
> Be careful Joleen, 
>
> You may not want to endorse P4S on this study list.  
> MB
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: "Joleen Victor" <spacedaze222_at_gmail.com> 
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:09pm 
> To: "'Narbik Kocharians'" <narbikk_at_gmail.com> 
> Cc: "'Ben'" <ccieben_at_cox.net>, "'Cisco certification'" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com> 
> Subject: RE: OT: CCBootcamp - CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam,Study Guide for Version 4.0 
>
> That is kind of like saying you like one flavor of ice cream more than you 
> like another flavor without ever even tasting the other flavor.
>
>
>
> I haven't read the new book from CCBootcamp but I read an older one and 
> thought it was alright; better than the 3rd edition from Cisco Press that I 
> read. Let me rephrase that, better in terms of preparing me for the exam, 
> but not better written. The Cisco Press book was actually better written 
> IMHO (flowed a lot better, less errors), but wasn't as useful a tool for 
> test prep. The CCBootcamp book along with P4S is a better combination to 
> pass the exam. I'm not saying I used P4S, just suggesting that it COULD be a 
> good way to go if you just need to pass the exam.
>
>
>
> B _____ B  
>
> From: Narbik Kocharians [mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:36 AM
> To: spacedaze222_at_gmail.com 
> Cc: Ben; Cisco certification 
> Subject: Re: OT: CCBootcamp - CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam,Study 
> Guide for Version 4.0
>
>
>
> I doubt very much that you will find a person that has read both books, but 
> i know what the new Cisco Press book covers, my personal preference is still 
> the Cisco Press. Have you? and if so which one did you read first?
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Joleen Victor <spacedaze222_at_gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> If you have not read both books, how can you recommend one over the other; 
> as this is what the original requestor had posted?
>
>
>
> B _____ B  
>
> From: Narbik Kocharians [mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:41 AM
> To: spacedaze222_at_gmail.com 
> Cc: Ben; Cisco certification 
>
>
> Subject: Re: OT: CCBootcamp - CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam,Study 
> Guide for Version 4.0
>
>
>
> No, i have NOT, BTW i was NOT referring to their written books. I have no 
> reason to read any of their books. 
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Joleen Victor <spacedaze222_at_gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> Narbik, have you read the updated CCBootcamp book?
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>
> Narbik Kocharians
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:10 PM
> To: Ben 
> Cc: Cisco certification 
> Subject: Re: OT: CCBootcamp - CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam,Study 
> Guide for Version 4.0
>
> I would highly recommend the "CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification 
> Guide 4th Edition", it is one of the BEST out there for this purpose, it has 
> the new topics fully described with configuration examples. Its a Cisco 
> Press book sold in book stores.
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Ben <ccieben_at_cox.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Has anyone read, or paged trough the real or eBook version of this yet 
>> (yes, I know it was just released on Monday)?
>>
>> Thoughts? B Value vs. Cisco Press material? B (ie. for people that have seen 
>> "rough cuts" of the Odom 4th edition written book).
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Ben
>>
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