things you will miss when you (eventually) migrate to a new platform?

I purchased an upgrade to my unused Studio 1 version 2 last night and downloaded it.  It has its pluses and minuses.  While I am convinced that, with some effort, I will get it to work, there are a few things about Sonar that are way superior.
 
#1 - the ability to dock windows.  I think I took this for granted.  Man.  Opening VSTs and FX and docking them made them easy to go back to.  Having floating windows of tons of things is a PITA.
 
#2 - Using a dual monitor setup.  Maybe there is a way to separate the mixer from the track pane (or whatever they are called in SO3), but I ran Sonar SPLAT with the track pane on the left and the console on the right on 28" monitors and it was beautiful!  
 
#3 - SYSEX.  I have a couple of cool hardware synths.  Waldorf Wave.  Memory Moog, OB6 (DSI version), Synthi AKS.  Some of these transmit SYSEX as you diddle the knobs.  
 
That is an observation after just a few bits playing with SO3.  There are elegant advancements in SPLAT that at least SO3 is lagging in.  There may (in all fairness) be areas where they excel.  
 
Your thoughts?
PS this is not intended to be a gripe session, but maybe a feature request session that could be ported to the DAWs of choice for us soon to be orphans.  
 
Thanks

#4  Zoom in and out:
It's not possible to fast zoom in and out. You cannot change the zoom-factor like in SONAR
 
#5 Bouncong an effect to a clip
At the moment I see no possibility to bounce effects to an audioclip as in SONAR.
 
But using Dual monitor does. You can seperate the mixer from the track pane. Also the instruments and plugins.

Synkrotron
Yeah - I saw that last night.  Thought I would compile things first from me and others and submit.  
 
Thanks for pointing it out tho!
 
Happy Thanksgiving if you are in the US.  Otherwise, have a great Thursday wherever you are (UK ?)
 

I also really liked the Pro Channel. Does anyone know if any other DAWS have something equivalent? Of course, there are many other important factors as well, but as a tiebreaker, this would be relevant to me.
 

Uh, this forum, is probably what I will miss the most.  Also ProChannel.

VSTI integration is solid and pain free for me in Sonar. No other DAW does this better and this is a basic in my configuration.

 
Presumably some of these features are available in other DAWs, but some are likely exclusive to SONAR:
Mix recall, Dim solo, Ripple editing, External effects insert, Drum replacer, Aux tracks, Custom keystrokes, Clip/Track property inspector, and many more.   
 
Also, I will miss the fantastic SONAR community and this forum. I don't post much, but visit the forum often.

space_cowboy
 
Happy Thanksgiving if you are in the US.  Otherwise, have a great Thursday wherever you are (UK ?)
 

Thanks, Maurice, yeah, UK.
 
Have a great Thursday too