Finder/desktop is working extremely slow on macbook

Hi there,
I'va downloaded about 20 pictures with each the size of aproximately 3 mb onto my desktop(i didn't know they were that big..) and now my desktop is working tremendously slow. Internet is working just fine as well as my docks programms. But anything i want to do from out of my desktop/finder works hardly. I'm now deleting the pictures one by one, however for each pictures it takes like 15 min to only drag them to the trashbin... Can anyone tell me how i can get rid of those huge pictures and get my normal working speed back?
Greetz Maja

In Finder, how much disk space do you have left? Windows has this pesky problem where if you have less than a gigabyte or so it runs slow but I have gone to zero space with OS X without a speed problem. Still, I would generally recommend keeping 1 GB free.
You don't have to delete one by one. Use the Command/Apple key to select multiple files in Finder or iPhoto.
You can try going to Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/) and run Verify Disk, Repair Disk, and Repair Disk Permissions. If you still have a problem, use fsck described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417

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