I'm thinking there's a plastic piece I might have broken inside - and I can't tear it down to find out - the information...

I’m not sure what you’re trying to ask here since you have two questions in one. I personally haven’t tried out the application you mentioned since it requires some form of payment in order to work, but upon looking at the website you probably could get it to work if you use the Windows version of Firefox/Chrome under Wine. As far as making it dual-boot, there’s no single answer that fits all since there’s specific instructions for systems with UEFI or BIOS firmware, though for the most part, Canonical and its community has been very good with setting this up for *buntu systems. However, making backups before you proceed with anything will definitely help before you decide to (re)install Ubuntu.