Getting my first external hd -- my questions are probably easy

Hi.
The questions I have are probably pretty easy, and have probably been answered here before, but, I wouldn't even know what to put into a search to bring these answers up. . .
I'm getting my first external hd. I'm wondering if once I have some media backed-up to it, if I'll be able to use applications on my home computer disk to open the files (be able to play mp3s on the external drive in iTunes, namely). A sub-question is - would it be possible to just install my os on the external and boot from it (this isn't important, though)? Also, if any of this is possible, is it terrible to run the external all day as I do my iBook?
I guess this hd isn't even really for back-up, but for more space, really. I just don't want to try to install a new internal hd myself, I don't want to have to send my computer in, and this drive will eventually be for back-up, anyway.
One last thing. Should I just browse around the Apple online store for this hd, or could anybody point me toward someplace cheaper (looking to get one that's at least 250 GB)?
Thank you for any help in advance,
Daniel
Message was edited by: Daniel Lynn

You will be able to use your external hard drive to open files from. Example of iTunes:
* If you organise your music folder so that all music is moved to a central location you will have to move your iTunes music folder to your external drive. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301748
* If it is set so your music stays at its current location when importing then all you have to do is import files from your External HDD.
If it is a firewire (not USB) hard disk you can install/Boot Mac OS X from it. It is fine to run OS X permanently from your external HDD although it may be a little slower than running off your internal hdd drive.
Note on new intel macs you can boot off USB drives, PPC macs like your iBook need firewire.
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