Hi guys,
thanks for all of your input. My intent was not to cause a war between PT and Reaper, but mainly comparisons between Sonar and Reaper.

I guess I will download a trial of Reaper and see/hear for myself. I don't have much against Cakewalk - except for the fact that version 8 includes Dimension Pro, which I had bought seperately, and they want me to pay for an upgrade???
The included plugins don't concern me since I already have my third-party favourites. For me, it's sound, efficiency, ease-of-use, compatibility, and the lowest CPU hit at any given bit depth/sample rate.