Hey Bob,
No I completely understand.  I want to express my view but also not start any arguments with fellow users.

Being a web-developer, I fully understand that every different user could have a different system and Cake is "expected" to have this software work perfectly for every system with a million hardware configs and software configs... it's kinda mind-boggling when you think about their jobs.  Pile on top of those endless system configs, 64-bit vs 32-bit compatibility, endless plugins, patching as well as building the next version (X3), etc.  Insane haha.  I'm sure I'm not even considering a lot of issues they must deal with.

Anyways, I did post about my issue, and I think I did send in a formal issue with the problem-reporting system.
I think X2a has reportedly fixed many, or all, of the issues I had.  However, I don't have the time to sit and test things.  I didn't even download it because from past releases, it's often a few patches until things work more-or-less than initially expected when bought.

If I spend 30 mins with a mix and get nowhere with X2 due to some bug that may happen, I then have to spend another 30+ mins going back over it using X1.  I am then behind schedule.   If it happens in front of a client, that reflects terribly on me and shakes their confidence in me and their own product because their mind begins to play tricks.

But... such is the life of an ITB engineer these days right? haha