I started out with Pro Audio 4 and I have since upgraded/purchased PA5,6,7,8,9,SONAR XL, SONAR 3,4,5,6,7,8,8.5,X1 and X2.
(note, somehow I skipped SONAR 2).
 
Fortunately, I was really only charged $149 for X3.
 

I think, just for the fun of it, you should go back to Pro Audio 4.

like 100 a year ..cool ...some payed that for nuendo .....once !

Maybe I'm stupid, but I can't work out what your point is.

how much have you spent on 2" tape?  phew...

mixmkr
how much have you spent on 2" tape?  phew...

I never had 2" tape. I only ever owned a TASCAM 80-8 (8 tracks on 1/2 tape). 

The first step is admitting you have the addiction...

I got $ 4,000+ into my Tascam DA-88, so are you bragging or complaining ??

bapu
I started out with Pro Audio 4 and I have since upgraded/purchased PA5,6,7,8,9,SONAR XL, SONAR 3,4,5,6,7,8,8.5,X1 and X2.
(note, somehow I skipped SONAR 2).
 
Fortunately, I was really only charged $149 for X3.
 

I think your estimate is low. That is only an average of $80 per purchase/upgrade. Might make sense if in the early days the upgrades were very inexpensive. But really, how much other software did you purchase to go with Sonar? I mean, where were you going to plugin all those plugins into if not Cakewalk software? That is rhetorical, I really don't want to know where you were going to plug those in to :-)

My first sequencer was Hybrid Arts running on an Atari 130 XE. 
 
I then moved to the Atari 1040 ST.   Whew,,, I thought that was the address to be, since the Atari had built in MIDI ports.  I synced it to a Tascam open reel four track.  I had a DX-7, a TX81z, a Roland D110, an Ensoniq Mirage and a Roland 707 drum machine.  I think that system set me back something like $6,000. 
 
I moved to Cakewalk at Pro Audio 8.