MacDevCenter.com: has a good article on getting ready for Tiger, which I may not get to use until Monday 
But I have already used SuperDuper to make a clone of the drive (worth the $20 in my opinion). I can boot off the FireWire drive if necessary.
I am looking forward to this release, but am like others sort of skeptical, since this is the first major OS upgrade to my Mac.
A great list of things to think about with regard to the release of Tiger. I am getting way too excited over this release, however, I am a bit nervous about upgrading the OS, since this is the first time I am upgrading my Mac OS.
Random Observations on Mac OS 10.4 “Tiger
Apple-X net has a great tips/hints for safari in All About Safari there are a couple that I didn’t know already and a couple that confirmed what I found by accident 
Dan Knight over at Low End Mac, says there are some good reasons to have AV on your Mac, but don’t spend too much time/effort on it, just be prepared. A Few Good Reasons to Have Antivirus..