New World ROM a deterrence to buy?

[amgc36]

I am thinking about going back to the Mac and was about to get a Lombard
when I came across the New World ROM problem at powerbookcentral.com. The
reader responses have me worried that this NWROM problem is frequent and
annoying. What is the feedback in the general user community? I want a Mac
(and hate my PC) but am thinking of waiting just a bit longer to see if
these things are ironed out in the next Powerbook.

Also, is it safe to assume that even the new G4s will have this problem?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

William

[Paul McGrane]

In article <IZXH3.4728$Iv5....@news.rdc2.occa.home.com>, "amgc36"
<amg...@home.com> wrote:

I'm not aware of the problem to which you refer (and can't find it on
powerbookcentral.com).

The 'New World' style ROM implementation is not going to go away. New Macs
(G4s and iBooks), I believe, do it one better by further halving the size
of the boot ROM in an implementation known--AFAIK--as Open World.

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...Paul McGrane

[amgc36]

Paul McGrane <pmcg...@wooster.edu.INVALID> wrote in message
news:pmcgrane-280...@pmcgrane.wooster.edu...

The ROM problem was described at powerbookcentral under the editorials/tips
section in the opinion article "Lombard and New World ROM problems) posted
on July 12. The list of other readers adding their 2 cents and unfortunate
experiences is what scares me. If it were isolated I'd not hesitate but the
readers who did respond say they travel everywhere with their system CD
since they expect to have this boot up problem happen consistently.

My question is, is this a small or widespread problem? I'm sitting here
debating over a Gateway Solo 9300 and a G3/400...

Thanks-
William

[Andrew Plotkin]

amgc36 <amg...@home.com> wrote:
> The ROM problem was described at powerbookcentral under the editorials/tips
> section in the opinion article "Lombard and New World ROM problems) posted
> on July 12. The list of other readers adding their 2 cents and unfortunate
> experiences is what scares me. If it were isolated I'd not hesitate but the
> readers who did respond say they travel everywhere with their system CD
> since they expect to have this boot up problem happen consistently.

I've never seen it, and I've been booting my Lombard once a day for the
past several weeks.

I suppose it depends how often your boot volume gets corrupted. In which
case, I don't see how it can be more of a problem than any *other*
system-folder corruption, which has always been possible. If the system
startup can't find a valid Finder executable, aren't you equally screwed?

--Z

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."

[Gary Curtis]

If it makes you feel any better I have had no such problems. I
am not familiar with the issue in question. The only startup issue
I have heard about relates to the DVD drive and a firmware update
has been released by Apple for this issue.

FWIW:- My Lombard 400MHz/DVD is awesome. I love it, and it is the
best computer I have ever owned.

Gary.
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|> The ROM problem was described at powerbookcentral under the editorials/tips
|> section in the opinion article "Lombard and New World ROM problems) posted
|> on July 12. The list of other readers adding their 2 cents and unfortunate
|> experiences is what scares me. If it were isolated I'd not hesitate but the
|> readers who did respond say they travel everywhere with their system CD
|> since they expect to have this boot up problem happen consistently.
|>