How do you copy photos to a new iMac?

I am migrating from a PC to a new iMac Intel, and I need to know how to move the 100's of photos from the Windows machine to the iMac. I have an external USB HD and I have copied all photos to this. When I plug the USB HD into the iMac, the drive will probably open in the top right corner (the way a mini USB flash drive did.
My question is this: where should I "drag" the picture folder? If I drop it into the "Photos" folder, will my wife (who is an Administrator user) also be able to use the photos in iPhoto? I have the photos separated into some subfolders (such as trips, events, etc.) - is it OK to keep this format, or should all of the pictures be in the same folder? And where is the "Shared" Folder that I have read about.
Generally, my wife and I would like to have iPhoto exactly the same. In other words, we don't want to have individualized photos - if she edits a folder, I would like to have the same edited photo showing when I log into my user account. However, we do need different user accounts because we have separate e-mails and don't want to wade through each other's email. The same would be true for iMovie.
Because we do have individual documents (Word, Excel, Adobe Reader), I will drag these into our individualized "Document" folders, I assume.
Sorry for the dumb questions, but I would prefer to not have to undo the actions that I do now. Thanks.

Put the photos individually into a folder. Copy the folder to an external drive. Connect the drive to the Mac and drag the folder from the drive to the /Home/Pictures/ folder on the Mac (Home is /Users/youraccountname/ folder.) You can then import the photos into iPhoto.

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