MacBook Pro is lagging, how to fix?

Any experience on diagnosing a laggy Macbook Pro? It's not even 3 yrs. old, its a 15", w/ all photos & videos on an external hard drive.
2 gigbites free in memory. 8 gb Ram. Suggestions? (External HD usually unplugged, unless using iphoto.)
Thanks, Love my Mac!
Dallas, TX

2 GB free hard drive space? That would definitely do it.

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