Well this announcement makes a Mac Pro purchase for me eminent. $200 for a Pro DAW? That seems ridiculously inexpensive. They modeled their context sensitive help function after Ableton Live, which to me, is the best there is - allowing newbees to learn the program really fast. I still struggle finding answers using Sonar's help function.
My kids (7 and 10) have already figured out Garage Band on my ipad and iphone - on their own without any help. Logic Pro X took some things from Garage Band, and you can migrate your projects from Garage Band to Logic - so for my kids, Logic Pro X would be the logical next step - as opposed trying to teach them Sonar.
It's interesting how close their new dark Color scheme is to Sonar X2.
A draw back is the Apple forum. In browsing through the threads there doesn't seem to be a strong community of regulars. It seems impersonal. I could be way off base, but this Sonar forum seems to be far better. Maybe it's because I've spent so much time here.