My Iphoto is at 70G plus, need advice on multiple libraries

I suppose I could just move to an external... but I like having a lot of my images with me on the laptop, like to fool around w/ imovie when on the road, etc. Can anyone give me some advice about how best to manage an iphoto library that has grown too big for my (120 G) Hard drive?
thanks
tom

iView has a function that it can automatically catalog the active iPhoto Library. It's under the iView MediaPro->Getting Started menu. There are also ways to convert over to iView for managing the files and then just use iPhoto for book, calendars , etc. I've written a number of Tutorials on using iView with iPhoto, converting over to iView, etc. They may shed some light on its use with iPhoto.
MS is working with a number of professional photographers and general users for ideas on how to make the next version of Expression Media better. There are both Mac and PC users involved. My continued input to them has been to change the look of the GUI. We'll see. The next big update is due sometime the 1st quarter of next year.
The only issue I have with the current iView (and EM) and Leopard is that the background color of the text fields in some of the menu options, like Batch Rename, is the same as the background color on the thumbnail or media view that were in. If the bg color is dark then the text in those fields can't be seen. I've had to lighten the backgrounds in my catalogs so I can see the text when I use some of those menu functions. More of an annoyance than anything else.
OT

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bustercharlie wrote:
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