If you want to keep it simple...Option 3 still can be a choice. I just checked and B & H is still selling FCP Studio 3. Here is the link...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/639275-REG/Apple_MB642Z_A_Final_Cut_S...
I would communicate with Walter Biscardi since as a facility owner he had the same concerns and decisions to make. Best of luck!
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / FCP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com