I am VERY nervous advice needed

I have a iBook G4 14" 1.07GHz and miniMac on 10.3.9 all running well
I have full backups of all and lots of periferials
Epson 2100 inkjet, Lexmark 510C laser, vst smartdisk lacie external drives
external dvd burner, epson scanner, hp 930c inkjet, usb hubs.
I plan to upgrade to 10.4.5 mainly for adobe lightroom and now have purchased the disks.
With all the issues I am very nervous as I use this for business.
Is there are tips I should do before putting the disks in for upgrade ?
I know its a wide question but any help would be great.
G
miniMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

There is no specific install of OS X. There are disks that will only install on specific devices. This is the case with your mini install discs. This is to help stop piracy.
The checklist you have recieved is fairly accurate, and nothing on there does harm (though some is a watse of time, in my opinion). The fact that you have a backup is your main defense. Do a full backup, just before you install Tiger, and startup on it to make ceratin it works (launch a few iApps to be certain).

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