CCNA still the best entry level cert?

[bigredshark]

afaik the CCNP content covers everything tested for on the CCIE. The CCIE is just a more hands on real world kind of testing process?

In a nutshell:

CCNP shows you can configure a protocol, CCIE shows you understand how it works and work out why when it doesn't. It's the same things, just you actually need to understand the underlying theory and apply it a little more for the CCIE