Pros & Cons
Pros
The information is packed quite densely, which is not necessarily a bad thing, it cuts a lot of the fluff found in other textbooks. It has some flaws around examples and questions, as mentioned by other reviewers and myself but the actual content is q... Read More
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Packaging/appearance
Its up to the student to digest as much as they can and then return to the earlier chapters later to fill in the gaps
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It has less content than most of my high school textbooks
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
What puzzles me is why an ebook would actually cost 100 compared to the 120 for a new hard copy book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Additionally the hard copy has supporting materials where the ebook has not
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ebooks are overpriced compared to hard cover books
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did find the book to be unbalanced at times switching from novice to advanced topics and then back again but i believe this to be a fundamental problem with trying to teach an advanced subject such as computer organization and architecture each topic is dependent on some understanding of another
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I am disappointed by the questions like some of the other reviewers i have found some quality control issues with the questions or examples and that the questions are often asked in a way that is either difficult to understand or doesnt seem to follow on from the material presented in the chapter