FWIW I just updated the system on my office laptop: SONAR core program, Bark of Dog, IRs, and my stuff. It took about 15 minutes, all worked perfectly, and everything ended up in the right place.

No issues here.

Karyn

and I'll come back 2 hours later and it'll be sat there laughing at me...

Yep.

Easiest update I've done.  Worked like a charm, done, installed and running in 20 min. max.

I am happy to report back that I completed the update without any problems! It really was quick and easy. Looking forward to using the new features
Thanks to all,

Managing how you do your updates and maintenance is a personal workflow. I either do it as soon as I get to the studio, and start it while I go to the bathroom, take off my coat, turn on the rest of the lights, and pop open my laptop to look at any notes while it processes. Or I do it at the end of the night and start it downloading while I go to the bathroom, turn off some lights, put on my coat...you get the idea.
 
I'm in the middle of finishing a record, so it's pretty easy to bust out some mixes, and start updating SONAR while I upload to Soundcloud and listen to them on my reference monitors. As long as updates don't require a restart I can work in another program entirely while SONAR updates in the background. Easy peasey.
 

I agree good update. I had to spend about 30 mins though moving stuff to the correct locations afterwards and hacking the registry (most people I suspect wouldn't bother).

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
If your subscription is live it should be painless.

Freudian slip Noel?

SteveStrummerUK

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
If your subscription is live it should be painless.

Freudian slip Noel?

it's called a subscription on steam

No I'm just getting brainwashed/dyslexic by everyone else calling it that :)
A subscription by definition is something that stops once you stop paying for it - like a magazine or a cable connection. We chose the word membership to differentiate it since this is essentially a lease to own plan. Once you have completed 12 months consecutive payments or pay upfront you *fully* own the product just like purchasing it outright.