Strategies for Laptop & Desktop use?

How do you guys who have both a desktop and laptop plan on organizing your work?
In B4.1 I had a main library on my desktop pointing to everything and a slim library on my laptop. When in the field I would upload photos from the cards into the slim library on the laptop and do some editing & tagging. When I got back to home base, I would create a 'binder' of the photos I had imported into the laptop and then load that binder into the main library on the desktop.
Now in 1.0 and with binders now gone, I have a few questions:
1) I assume that we're supposed to move the physical photo files/directories to the new home and then 'import' those into the main library. Is this the approach others are using?
2) I shoot in RAW and convert to DNG when I import. After some experimentation I discovered that I need to turn on the 'Automatically write changes into XMP' in the preferences in order to carry the edits I've made in one lightroom library to another lightroom library. If I'm using DNG this doesn't necessarily mean that a seperate XMP sidecar file will be written but rather that the lightroom-specific data will be embedded within the DNS file, correct?
3) I also import some jpeg files. Will edits I make to those files also carry-over from one lightroom library to another lightroom library assuming that I have the 'Automatically write changes into XMP' preference set?
4) Is it a 'bad idea' to use multiple libraries? I've got over 30,000 photos and in B4.1 I had one library that was the 'archive' library which contained everything up until about a quarter ago. A second smaller library was used for day-to-day work. This approach seemed to work best because I noticed very poor performance when using the large library. Some initial tests in 1.0 suggest the same issue with a large library. Therefore I'm thinking of taking the same approach in 1.0 with a large 'archive' library and a smaller day-to-day library.
5) If for some reason I decide to relocate where the photos live (i.e. right now then are in a directory called 'Photographs'. Let's say that I want to move them all into a different directory. Obviously clicking on every single photos to point to the new location is out of the question. Is the best remedy for this situation to 're-import' all of the photos?
Thanks,
Jeff

I'm curious what people do in a situation with both a laptop and desktop. Do they have one Lightroom library on the laptop and another on the desktop - and then move files from one to another?
It sounds like Christopher's approach with an external HD is a good idea if you're willing to take the HD along with you when away.
So I'm thinking that the most appropriate thing to do in a situation with both a laptop and desktop is to have a separate library on each, and not one library that you keep synchronized between the two?
I'd love to see how others plan on using Lightroom in this type of setup with both a laptop for out in the field and a desktop at home base.

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