Adding a new user account or just sharing one account?

Hello - looking for the best practice with this - my wife has an old PC laptop which is nearing the end of its life. She will probably just share my iMac with me. If so, her photos will be imported into iPhoto and her iTunes library will have to be migrated over. She also has an iphone with her own set of contacts in it. Three questions for folks out there who have multiple users on their macs:
1. Would it be best if she just had her own account on the mac or can we just share one account?
2. If we go the route of two separate accounts, will Time Machine be able to backup this new account?
3. Can one iTunes library and one iPhoto library be shared across two separate accounts?
Thank you.
Steve

1. It is usually best to have two separate accounts.
2. Yes.
3. Possible, but usually simpler to maintain separate libraries.

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