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Pinnacle or Premiere? My video editing story

Hello.I have been editing for 5 years wedding.First I used pinnale studio v11.I needed a montage card to import videos from my camera so someone recommended me pinnacle.At first I had a lot of problems while editing (blank gaps becase I used filmstrip not a timeline lol,I had render problems,capture format etc) Of course these problems happened becase I did knew how to use pinnacle but after one year I became a pinnacle expert,I was able to edit fast,make beautiful videos,footage,add my own effects etc.I upgraded from studio 11 to 14 and later 15.But every version till 18 had a thing in common,problems exporting DVD video,missing audio on export.I fixed these problems using third party programs such nero or power director but my work became growing and I hadnt time to capture import export import again to fix audio problems so I thought to use pinnacle v17.Now I still had Hollywood Fx and a lot of timeline tracks.I was happy but my first problem was video tracks.I edited a 4 hour wedding and I removed something (a clip) on the middle of project but what I saw was a lot of changes on my project,everything almost crashed,my titles were moved,light leaks transitions also so I deleted the project and starded it again with pinnacle v15.The only reason why I used pinnacle was hollwood fx.I started using adobe premiere but for one month or 3-4 wedding projects,I had not any problem,everything was okay.I used premiere in my second computer  Intel Pentium D ,3 gb ram and 128mb graphic card premiere was faster,faster than pinnacle on my main pc 4gb ram quad core and 512 graphic card.What I liked mostly in premiere were defaul transition because I use a lot of dissolves on my videos.Also when I start or stop rec my camera moves a little bit so I can delete 1 sec or more to every clip at once.Amazing.Premiere is faster than pinnacle doesnt have problems , is professional and very easy to use.I sufered less on premiere.

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