Oh no, don't worry. You weren't being critical.
All opinions are welcome here.
And I too really like both Cakewalk and Sonic Foundry software. There's a lot of confusion about the WDM drivers out there though. Without them you're really only missing out on input monitoring and live play of DX Instruments. All the other new features work fine without them. And if you compose your MIDI tracks by entering notes in the Staff view or using step recording, then you can still use the DX Instruments for playback too.