Just happened to check the Sonar site and WOW... good timing. I had already registered on BL so I dl'd the program and installed BL Cakewalk. The dl was fast, the install was fast... since I had SPLAT and previous versions, the installer asked which version to import settings from. The longest thing was the VST scan (I have a LOT), cause it froze. I restarted the prog and did a scan and it seemed to get everything (will check later). Loaded my latest project and it came in fine... some features/appearance may have changed but I can't remember exactly how it was since I haven't used it in a couple of weeks.
For those who have questions or concerns, I'd just say DO IT! and then check it out later. Happy camper here.