No worries... I just remembered back to that thread and I didn't feel like re-typing everything!
I think Premiere is very much user-friendly. At least as user-friendly as Final Cut, which I also use at The Day Job. However, depending on what you're doing, I think Premiere has the edge over FCP. I mostly do commercials, so I typically need to use text often and I want the process to be done quickly. I can do just that with Premiere's Titler tool. Final Cut's text tools by comparison seem very anemic. Also, if you pick up the whole Adobe Production Bundle, you'll be able to do so much more as far as interacting with elements of your project and working in other programs. I find that it helps me be more efficient, and it doesn't throw up too many road blocks in the creativity department.
How up-to-date is your Dell? If you want to get the best out of the Adobe Suite, you'll need to run it on a suitably equipped machine.