Good to hear things worked out for you,i wouldn't worry about re-installing windows to much,i've re-installed loads of times and never run into any issues,but i think there comes a time when it tells you it's been activated to many times & you need to ring M$ for a new key. Again this isn't a issue as you just tell them that you had a hardware failure and need to re-install just make sure you tell them it's on the same machine
I not 100% what will happen when version 2.0 comes out,so far i haven't had to pay for any updates,if i was you id carry on with the trial and if it gets released before the trial is up then just buy it,if it's after the trial is up then i don't know but if it were me id just wait it out for version 2.0 as is seems imminent
