How many Photos do you Have/ Ram question

Just finished setting up our new 20" Intel Core Duo. Still only have the stock 512mb ram with a gig stick on order.
Just imported 37,000 photos into iphoto 6 and being a iphoto newbie was wondering if the performance lag is the intel core duo, the ram, or the size of our library.
I just found out about iphotobuddy. Might be a good option so we dont have to load the entire library at app launch. I also think the additional RAM will help out too.
Anyone have 100,000 photos and running smoothly on a core duo?
Looking forward to optimizing the system.
Thanks in advance.

John,
I don't have a lot of albums. There's no one-to-one correspondence between photos and albums, so I choose not to use them as my main organizational scheme. I prefer working in Library view, where I do get each photo once and only once. (I use V6 Film Rolls, which is the same as Events in '08.) When importing photos, I place them in my most recent, current roll (event) or begin a new one. Then I keyword all of the new photos, and they're good to go. Working chronologically makes sense to me, and I pretty much remember where my photos are. In addition, I can find any photo or group of photos in my library by filtering by keywords and date.
I use albums for special collections and projects. I have some smart albums for the best photos of my kids' birthdays. I gather photos into albums to prepare for printing. I also create albums for the purpose of adding slideshows to my home movies in iDVD, and to use as title frames in iMovie.
That's just my system; it works for me. iPhoto is so flexible and powerful that in time you'll find one that works for you.
Regards.

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