Jpeg or tiff files....which ones ?

I really need to know what is best for keeping the pictures and working with them. I shot my camera Fuji S2 Pro at High quality giving abut a picture of 34 MB. In Tiff format of corse that is to much to keep on the library I was over 36 GB. on my powerboo, so I decided to keep the original on an external hard drive and export the picture on JPEG or Tiff here is the dilema, is beter to export the full image as JPEG (using iphoto export capability) or to reduce the image ...say to 1500 x 1000 Tiff document and then import to the new iphoto library on the poerbook...I undertood that JPEG images lose quality when they are open , and close or ¿just whe they are resave? . Well is perfectly find to stick to JPEG can some body make clear what is the diference beween JPEG and Tiff?. ¿I there a quick way to swicht between iphoto libraries?
Thanks....

A quick way to switch between iPhoto libraries?
Search versiontracker.com for iPhoto Buddy and or iPhoto Library Manager.
I think that jpegs loose a little quality when resaved, not when opened and closed.
It would be better to export full size jpg rather than reduce the size.
bd

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