Reduced size when importing

Just bought Macbook Pro. I transferred my photos to the desktop on my Macbook from an external HD and then started importing them as folders in iPhoto. Works fine but I have noticed that for some of the photos, the size (mb) of the photo in iPhoto is reduced compared to the original one on my pc. Does anybody know why?

but at the same time it also creates small copies/thumbnails of all the photos as individual events (next to event “birthday”).
Just to be sure you're seeing this additional Event of small thumbnails in iPhoto's open window along with your other events, correct?
If the test with the second test library is the same try the following:
1 - create a new folder on the Desktlop.
2 - open about 5 photos in the birthday folder with Preview and do a Save As. Save them to the new folder.
3 - drag the new folder into the iPhoto window to import. See if the problem remains.
If the problem goes away with the new files created by Preview then the problem may be with how PCs manage thumbnails differently than Macs. If that's the case running this Automator Workflow application, Convert to JPG and Embed sRGB profile, to batch process all of your problem files may do the job. Try it on one file first and, if successful, run the batch. You can download the app from Toad's Cellar.
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