I had attended a 5 day SharePoint Admin/Config class at QuickStart in San Jose, because the same class closer to home (San Francisco) was already full.
The San Jose location is what you would expect from most technical training facilities. Their computers were up to date, utilizing virtual environments (Hyper-V) for our lab work. The instructor taught at a very comfortable pace, and was very keen at noticing when the class' focus was starting to fade; ready for a break. He gave mini breaks so students can get up and stretch, get some coffee, etc.
Because of the 45 minute commute to class, I requested if I could complete the class remotely. They had no problems with that, and set me up to log into my classroom computer (remotely from the comfort of home, haha). My commute to class each morning was now just 5 feet away from bed. ;)
I would have liked to give QuickStart (or any similar technical training facilities such as LearnIT), more than just 3 stars, but from my experience a 5 day class just isn't enough time to really get the most out of something so deep as SharePoint. I'll hang on to their 1 (or 2) extra star(s) until they have a 2 week in-depth SharePoint course (at the same current price). read more