Dolly Parton's Seatbelt?

Unlike Dolly's seatbelt I'm NOT tight, honest ... but I do need a wee bit of convincing on a couple of purchases I'm considering.
(Also, apologies in advance, because this is more a general iLife question, rather than a specific iPhoto query - hope no-one minds too much).
I've just started making heavy use of iPhotos, iMovie and iDVD. Fantastic - I'm blown away. But the versions on my machine all begin with 4. And all the reviews/forums etc are plugging iLife 06.
I don't want to upgrade simply for the sake of it. While it would be nice to get a "search" function in iPhoto, I'm a bit concerned about the problems there seem to be with audio when burning movies using the latest version of iDVD.
It seems there are pros and cons. To finally get to the point, my queries are these:
Q - If I move to iLife 06, should I back up all the content of my Mac to an external hard drive first?
Q - Will I also have to upgrade my OS to Tiger?
Q - Are the iLife and OS upgrades easy to do - ie how long do they take and what are the risks?
Q - I've never had any complaints with my Mac and/or Panther. While it would be nice to have a "search" tool in iPhoto and an RSS reader in Safari, are there enough other reasons for me to make the switch to Tiger and iLife 06?
Dolly jokes aside, it is not the cost that is stopping me - I just want to be sure I'm not going to lose everything/anything by upgrading (hangover from my daytime alter ego as a Windows user!)
Many thanks
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) PowerPC G5 1.8GHz, 1.25GB Ram

It is against the Discussions rules to post topics
about unreleased products.
I suppose I can see the sense in that when I think about it. There are plenty of other places to go for speculation.
Sorry for the transgression - and back to my original questions: is it simply a matter of buying upgrades (Tiger or iL6), popping the CD in and wahey!? Or is it a bit more complicated than that? What are the real risks (if any) and the "best practices" in terms of protecting existing data?
Cheers

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