Iphoto 08 max photos

what's the maximum number of photos iPhoto can handle? I have about 15,000 photos and half of them are RAW files from a Canon 20D.
I plan on shooting 90% of my photos in the future in RAW mode. is there a limit to when it starts to really crawl?
(i have an iMac 2.8ghz with 2gb ram)

iPhoto is advertised to handle 250,000 photos. Since iPhoto creates a jpg of the raw file for viewing and editing, you should be able to handle quite a few. The primary restriction will be hard drive space. It's strongly recommended to maintain a minimum of 10 GB free space, more is you'll be doing some high powered editing, i.e. Photoshop.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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