Store Photos on external LaCie hard drive vs. Mac Mini?

I have a Mac Mini purchased in 2006 and a LaCie external hard drive. The combination was bought primarily for video editing. Now I am considering transferring a large number of jpeg photos from my PC. I have been told that it is better to put them on the Mac Mini rather than the LaCie. Any comments?

If you have a lot of them you would probably be better off storing them on the external drive.
However, no matter where they physically reside, don't forget to have two or three backups just in case of a catastrophe.

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