On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:10:53 -0800, AudioMitch wrote:

>From the responses I've read here, I'd say if you own a Mac then Premiere
>5.1 is one of the most flexible and stable options for a non-realtime NLE,
>but if you own a Windoze machine Premiere 5.1 is one of the worst...

Now that I have a 450MHz P-II equivalent overclocked Celeron
300A (the CPU + heat sink + fan is $72 at NECX!!!) up and
running (and have two 17' monitors to work with...), I have
come to like Premiere 5.1 (avoid 5! [though it is easily
upgraded to 5.1...]) - it is stable, and has many useful
features compared with P-4.2 (and a few anoyances compared
with 4.2, but I'm getting used to them - and being able to
shrink the double preview window to a single 720x480 window
with a thin frame has sure helped me like P-5.1 more than I
did when I first tried it...).