Premier Pro 2.0 - CS3

Hi everyone,
Newb question for you, but I hope you can help - you do seem like a helpful bunch! I have Premier Pro 2 and am halfway through a project. It's a big project but there are no effects on it, it's all butt-up assembly edit at the moment. I'm getting more bugs as time goes on, where things just stop playing and I keep having to change from Draft to High quality to get it working again. It's a right pain.
(on xp pro sp2 btw)
I'm thinking of upgrading to CS3 (actually, I'm going to go for the production package if I do) but have had lots of problems in the past with companies like Steinberg to name but a few, where the upgrade is not always satisfactory.
So my questions are:
1. Is it actually worth the upgrade to CS3? Is it that much of a better program? Is it stable?
2. Will I be ok importing my v2 project into CS3? I know that it's not a good idea to change mid-project, but i'm tearing my hair out here....
3. Will CS3 and 2 co-exist so that if the import doesn't work, I can still work on V2?
Thanks very much for your help. Would really appreciate your opinions.
Huge.

Hi,
I do get what you are saying, but I'm running a dual xeon PC with all the firmware and drivers up to date. I have no problems with Premier 2, aside from those I've noted.
The same with programs like Cubase, if you consistently get serious errors in your C++ visual library, there's someting badly wrong. I'm not saying that cd3 wouldn't work if I started a project from scratch, but I just can't get the trial of CS3 to stay up with a V2 project long enough to actually test it.
Considering that my version of V2 is relatively stable, and that CS3 seems to be not working at all, and that there don't really seem to be any features in it which warrant the upgrade cost relative to DV, it doesn't seem to be a viable option to me.
All new software components that are needed should be included in the program itself, and if not, should be specified with the release.
I'll re-try the program with a new CS3 project when I get round to it, but it's just daft at the moment. It's not like there are any effects or anything major in my v2 project, so why does CS3 appear to consistently screw up with V2 projects? Considering that most people would be upgrading rather than new clients, Adobe really should have sorted this out.
Huge.

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:40:24 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Importing sound into Premier Pro CS3
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