Windows 10 External Monitor glitch... tons of other issues... time to go back to Mac?
Just bought a tricked out custom laptop for editing as the new MacBook Pros seem like duds. Unfortunately, I may be returning my Windows laptop as I'm experiencing glitch after glitch. There are a bunch of small issues, but a biggie is external monitors. I've tried three different monitors, and all have this problem. I have the main Premiere program running off my laptop monitor. On my external monitor I have the full-screen video output so my client can see the work. All seems to be working fine.
Then I turned off the video output so I could open a bunch of bins on the external monitor to insert B-roll. I cut the B-roll shots into the timeline, then turned back on the video feed... but it didn't show up on the external monitor. Instead, it puts the video feed as a small window floating in the middle of the Source Monitor and the Program Monitor (see picture below).
The only way I've found to make it go away is to close all bins on the external monitor. This really isn't an acceptable work-around because it means every time I want to add B-roll, I need to turn off the video output, open the bins, resize them, place them, delete all bins, turn on the video output until I need more B-roll, then turn off the video output, open the bins, resize them, place them, delete all bins, turn on the video output, etc., ad nauseam.
The monitor issue is one of the big ones. But in the four days I've had this computer (and not super heavy use), I'm also having this problem: Timeline Scrolling Issue - Vertical Scrolling using a mouse doesn't work properly (in Timeline only) , this problem: windows 10 - Mouse cursor much larger on secondary displays - Super User , this problem of Windows opening menu options when you're trying to use the ALT key for keyboard shortcuts: Mouse Scroll Wheel Behavior in Adobe Premiere Pro as well as the fact that there doesn't seem to be a standardized keyboard with Windows.... my wireless external keyboard has the modifier keys in completely different places as well as totally different function keys -- making developing a "muscle memory" with keyboard shortcuts very tricky. Also spent over two hours with Adobe tech support just to install Creative Cloud on a brand new laptop (though he was really helpful and did eventually get everything working).
I'm concerned about what else I might run into... I really wanted to jump to Windows, but the boost in power is useless if the basic functions of Premiere don't work and I'm constantly troubleshooting. I really would like to make the switch, but at this point I'm wondering if it's a feasible option.
Thanks for any help/suggestions.
15" Sager custom laptop with 4K screen
Nvidia GTX 1070
6th Generation Intel Skylake i7-6820HK 2.7GHz
64 gigs of RAM
PC - Windows 10
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