best of of all I really need it in this period, since I have to go for ICED
I dont really think you need it for ICED, as most questions are based on UML, only a small portion is about design
patterns for 486. For 287 and 484, they focus on J2EE patterns, especially those tested in SCWCD, as the book focus on GoF patterns, it might not be that help.
but I didn't receive it yet.
You might try contact Dirk. In Feb, I won Howard's book for 287, as I needed it urgently that moment becos I needed to rush for the deadline of ICED promotion, and I received the book 21 days after I won, and I passed 287 2 weeks afterwards.
Nick
SCJP 1.2, OCP 9i DBA, SCWCD 1.3, SCJP 1.4 (SAI), SCJD 1.4, SCWCD 1.4 (Beta), ICED (IBM 287, IBM 484, IBM 486), SCMAD 1.0 (Beta), SCBCD 1.3, ICSD (IBM 288), ICDBA (IBM 700, IBM 701), SCDJWS, ICSD (IBM 348), OCP 10g DBA (Beta), SCJP 5.0 (Beta), SCJA 1.0 (Beta), MCP(70-270), SCBCD 5.0 (Beta), SCJP 6.0, SCEA for JEE5 (in progress)