Replying to Is Pinnacle any good?

So,

I've been editing on a pirated Premiere for a while now, but my computer recently crashed due to a virus, and now my parents are having a family friend of ours that works with computers monitor our files, so I can't really pirate programs anymore.

I'll have to buy an editing program, and definitely am not willing to fork out $700 for Premiere CS5. I'm very familiar with Vegas, it's cheap, and I like it, but it crashes a LOT. From what I can tell this is a huge issue with the program that most people with HD footage have. When I was using it I was saving every 30 seconds or so to avoid loss of my project.

What I was wondering is if anybody has any experience with Pinnacle, and could let me know if its any good or not.

Or if anybody has a way to pirate that wouldn't be obvious to somebody looking for illegal programs on my computer.