Taking the X3 plunge

I intend to updgrade to X3 producer this weekend.  The only thing that I am concerned about is Take Lanes.  I am so used to layers.  But I don't do a lot of standard comping, so I don't think that this will be a big issue.
 
I have X1d producer and have been a Sonar user since V6.  When I went out on the Cakewalk site to explore upgrading, I saw a list of options that was daunting.  At the top of the list was "new user" options, or some such.  Lower down were prices based on the packages that one wants.  I am assuming that, because I was logged in, that the package prices were based on upgrades from producer to producer.  But I am not convinced.
 
What I want is to upgrade from what I have to a standard producer package that gives me all of the new Pro Channel stuff.  How do I ensure that is what I get?  What is the standard package?
 
Any help from the forum would be appreciated.
 
Thanks in advance,
Tom
 

X3 Studio will give you the ProChannel. Depending on your tastes, the Producer version has more included. Here is a link to the version breakdown for specifics.

I practiced using the take lanes yesterday, and they seemed far harder and problematic to use than the session drummer tutorial video that was describing how to use layers on an older version of Sonar. Trying to click and drag different recordings between different lanes was very awkward, and anything that is accidentally moved over another recording on the same lane causes the entire section it is placed over to be deleted. It seemed impossible to use multiple lanes to spread out drum sequences as the video was explaining how to do.

The first session drummer video on the Sonar university videos, I was just randomly practicing the techniques in X3 using take lanes instead of layers to create multiple drum loops, and its probably my own problem, but I couldnt recreate the same technique, nor move individual clips around to where I wanted them within the lanes.
 
They kept auto dragging and locking onto lanes in places that I didnt want them, and when they moved over another clip, that clip would get deleted.

I was trying to move individual clips around to different lanes, but they kept snapping to places I didnt want them.
 
And yes, what you described about the same lane clip overlaps is the main problem, when they one clip keeps snapping over other recordings.

I wouldnt say its preventing it, but its just nowhere near as smooth or desirable as it was in the layers example shown in the tutorial videos.

Thanks, I've already bought both the Groove3 video packs and started going through them today. Its good to know that they will help me to learn how to use lanes. With the session drummer 3 videos, I was mostly guess working around how to mimic the techniques into lanes. I will practice more with this once I get to that point in the videos.