Drone7
And Apple have just released the Logic Pro X 10.1 update three days ago, a significant update by the looks of it; many things have been added including a new drum-machine (looking very much like NI Battery 4) plus 6 new analog modeled compressors, also all new presets and 8 voice unison to the Retro Synth, 6 new automated drummers to the Acoustic Drums module, and big refinements to the midi grid/piano-roll input methods, VCA faders, and new mellotron samples and refinements to the user-interface.
Quite frankly this is making it very hard for me to resist going Mac all the way.
 
It seems that Apple is trying to make it very hard for any rival DAWs to compete. One would have to be mad to purchase another DAW on Mac unless they've got money burning a whole in their pocket and need to spend it on something. In fact, the pricing of Logic makes it feasible for people to run and own two DAWs on Mac quite easily and without regret; regardless, it seems at the current price of Logic, Apple is nearly guaranteed that 'anyone' making music on a Mac will buy a copy of Logic Pro X no matter what.

I concur. :P
 
Slight correction though, the compressor GUI has been redesigned and greatly improves the usability, and they've added a few things like a graph mode (similar to FabFilter's) but the different compressor modes where already there for the most part. 

That being said, if you're on PC, Sonar is it as far as I'm concerned.
 
 

johnnyV
The Control Center is basically the same idea as Steinbergs E Licencer app.

I'm not sure about that. IIRC the eLicenser doesn't handle downloading updates and such. I think a closer analogy would be NI's Service Center, although it doesn't let you roll back or ahead to different versions.

I'm dreaming of Sonar for Mac as well but it doesn't seem to be any good reasons at the moment for Cakewalk to port it over. That's ok by me, though. Having said that, Sonar X3 flies on my iMac in Bootcamp with Windows 7. However, I am really enjoying Logic these days as well. Logic is for OS X what Sonar is for Windows. They are both really good and perfect for their platforms.

Drone7

denverdrummer
and at $200 a lot more appealing than $700 for PT.  So Sonar goes into a brand new market where they have no foothold competing against two DAW's that combined make up about 90% of the Apple DAW market.
 

 
I see over at Avid that the new Pro Tools 12 is now $899 for the standard non-HD version. I don't think Avid are doing themselves any favours with such a pricing scheme. They must be thinking if they can't compete with LogicProX on pricing, they might as well make people pay big time. There would obviously have to be a very specific reason for people to go with Pro tools, and so Avid are clearly taking advantage of that. What a ruthless world we live in. 
 
PS: Avid have now jumped on the subscription bandwagon, with same formula as Sonar. 

Except its not the same formula.  Avid's subscription model is a rental agreement where you stop paying and your software stops working (and its $30 per month according to their presser).

Anderton

johnnyV
The Control Center is basically the same idea as Steinbergs E Licencer app.

I'm not sure about that. IIRC the eLicenser doesn't handle downloading updates and such. I think a closer analogy would be NI's Service Center, although it doesn't let you roll back or ahead to different versions.

Agreed, command center is just a nice centralized location to download updates, and manages the license keys so you don't have to manually enter them in the past.  It's a great new feature, and much easier than the old way of installing new updates, and add ons.
 
E-licenser is like iLok, except that there is a software version rather than having to use a dongle.  I'm not a fan of those technologies.