In review of that Thread you asked for missing features.. I actually for the first time had to install SPLAT on my laptop set up because I was getting held up by a few missing HS features that I now just can't seem to live without. 
The biggest for me now is the right hand sidebar in PRV where you can toggle and overlay different midi tracks. I hope they add that to HS. 
The other one , which I know won't happen is I find I like the BT bickwall limiter on my master buss for exports these days. There are many 3rd party brickwall limiters a HS owner can cheaply add. 
A year ago when I bought it I found very little difference when working between HS and SPLAT,, a year later there is actually become a lot of differances as SPLAT adds new features but HS stayed the same. 
Looking forward to an upgrade,,if it's free :) 

Cactus Music
The biggest for me now is the right hand sidebar in PRV where you can toggle and overlay different midi tracks. I hope they add that to HS. 

 
 Stay tuned.

Cactus Music A year ago when I bought it I found very little difference when working between HS and SPLAT,, a year later there is actually become a lot of differences as SPLAT adds new features but HS stayed the same.

 
I like that Home Studio is not frequently updated.  I believe monthly updates will distract me.  That is the biggest reason I keep looking at Home Studio instead of Artist.  But, updates are needed periodically so Home Studio does not lag behind the rest of the Sonar family.
 
The Cakewalk Product Manager for Home Studio has to walk a fine line defining how and what features the software developers will include and limit.  That is difficult.  I would assume the Home Studio feature set must be frequently evaluated because of the product's price.
 
I am discouraged that Home Studio will soon be released for a year, about to receive it's first update and documentation of the product's feature set is not correct.  It is difficult to purchase something when you don't know what you're buying.