FCP4- FC Studio $199 upgrade offer: my experience so far

For anyone still sitting on the fence waiting to read more real-life experiences before sending away their FCP install disk along with a bank check or plastic card #, here’s my story as of March 21:
For the past few weeks, I scanned through every discussion string I could find that mentioned the Studio crossgrade/upgrade. Two recurring suggestions I considered helpful were to make a copy of the install disk, and to get some sort of delivery confirmation.
I believe the install disk is copy protected, so I didn’t bother making a physical copy, but I did make a disk image. I don’t know if I could actually install FCP from the image w/o it asking for the original disk, but it makes me feel better to have at least something other than just a photocopy until Studio arrives.
I decided to go with USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation & no insurance. I figured even if the disk got damaged enroute, that wouldn’t be a problem as long as it was recognizeable as a genuine FCP4 install disk. Also, I wrote my name & email address on the disk in case it got separated from the order form in the depths of the processing center.
One thing that stumped me initially was that the number [0Z691-4431-A] printed on my FCP4 (academic) install disk didn't match any of the qualifying numbers on the Upgrade order form. Fortunately, I held on to the original box FCP came in, and there on the outside is a little barcode sticky label with M9153LL/A, which is a qualifying number.
Here’s the timeline:
March 14 (Tue) mailed disk
March 17 (Fri) delivery confirmed by USPS
March 21 (Tue) Apple confirms receipt on website
Having gotten this far, it’s unclear to me if, in exchange for my academic FCP, I’ll be upgraded to the academic or the retail version of Studio. The Apple receipt indicates they’ll be shipping me (when available) Part # MA411Z/A.
For anyone reading this who sent in a retail FCP disk and received confirmation for the ugrade: is the Part # you received the same as mine, or is it something different?
G4 1.4GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Ray, thanks for your earlier post on the part # for the upgrade.
Regarding your comment about the standard or universal version of Studio, this is what's on the Apple web page explaining the upgrade offer: "Upgrade your standalone version of Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, or DVD Studio Pro and get the complete Universal version of Final Cut Studio."
So it would seem the Apple dude you spoke with wasn't completely schooled on the offer.
And to wwalker, for all the years I've been monitoring this discussion board, on some regular basis a question pops up about the difference between the academic & retail version of the software. The correct answer, which you gave, is none.
However (there's always a 'however'), a big difference is the upgrade path. Up thru FCP3, the owner of an older academic version could upgrade directly to the newer retail version, which was a good deal when a student became a former student and was no longer eligible for the academic discount.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought starting with FCP4, if an academic owner wanted to upgrade to FCP5 (when it was standalone), he/she had to either pay full retail, or, buy the newer academic version (if still eligible for it) at the full academic price -- which made starting out with the academic version more expensive in the long run.
So, if the upgrade from academic FCP4 is to retail FC Studio, that's better than a great deal. Thanks Apple.
G4 1.4GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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