I also can't find out about any serious bugs people have run into through a trial version.
I'm going to try to enlist the help of someone on here (maybe Marius, dunno if he'll have the time) in reinstalling Finale and getting the GPO re-setup. Really don't want to tackle it myself, I always forget some element of the setup or get something wrong. This time I'll write down the steps so I can do it myself if it needs to be done again. This will at least be a quick temporary fix and I can get back to orchestrating, and think some more about whether to switch or not.
Mainly I just need something that WORKS right now. We have a deadline.