I am glad I saw this thread. I just downloaded the Q1-2013 maps and poi's filesupload has given us the other day as I am going on a trip next month from NH to VA and wanted the most up to date maps. I think I had Q2-2012 or Q3-2012 loaded? I know there was some road work in the area I am going at the end of last year so I hoped the Q1-2013 maps would cover it.
I just downloaded the Q4-2012 maps( Q1-2013 poi's should still be ok right? )and am going to use those instead. I would rather have it a little out of date than have it crash and/or reboot at random. After all that trouble I had with it freezing and crashing on me, that is finally fixed, I would flip out if it happened again. I am REALLY glad I saw this thread.
One of the states I am going through is NY and I don't need road names to be off.