Mark,
I switched to PPro after eight years of edit. I just got sick of Windows NT and the lack of export variety, 10-bit and MPEG2 quality. What you do get with Premeiere is access to loads of plugins for great grading and effects, intergration with other Adobe products like Photoshop and the ability to use XP products and to export to ANYTHING.
You lose a faster editing workflow with moving from edit. You lose simplicity. You have to render everything (there are RT dissolves with Decklink). But that is not all a bad thing. You get a product that whilst imperfect is developing and will only improve.
And you don’t have to buy a Mac :0)
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
Australia