Aperture Trial - 1.5.1 Upgrade Breaks It?

Ok, so I was really pumped to see the Aperture trial and the D80 support today since I was waiting on the D80 before I bought Aperture. And the trial was just gravy!
So, I installed the trial, loaded it up and entered the trial serial number. Everything fine. Then, SW Update tells me I have an update to 1.5.1 for Aperture. So, of course I installed it and now the trial serial number is not valid and it continually asks me for a proper serial number. I am removing and reinstalling now, but at least in my case I would suggest that any trial users not upgrade to 1.5.1.
Any one else seeing this?

Same here.
I was hitting some issues with the demo, and was pleased to see that the update was supposed to fix them so I could give it a fair trial.
But on first launch after installing the update, I was asked for a serial number; I entered the one I was emailed with the demo and got a dialog box reading "You have entered an upgrade serial number. Please enter your original serial number." Without this missing number, the app won't launch.
Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. But I don't want to reinstall v1.5 because if I demo it for my boss (which would be required to get the purchase approved) he would notice the problems and question my recommendation. Judging from the list of fixes, v1.5.1 would resolve many of those problems, but I can't run it.
Any suggestions? Thanks...

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