Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all,
I'm getting ready to make the jump into MIDI and home
recording and am narrowing down my softwear choice to 
the Cubasis VST and Cakewalk Home Studio. I need MIDI, 
recording/mixing, instruments, etc. but at a pretty
basic level. 

Since I don't have all that much time to spend on 
learning and fiddling, ease of use is of equal 
importance to features. 

I get the feeling that I probably can't go wrong
between these two but if anyone has used products by
both companies, I would appreciate some feedback, good
and bad.

Thanks,
Rick