Too large of file ?

My cs5 illustrator is having a really hard time running. I think that part of it is my laptop since it is only a 32bit but I've never so many problems with it before. I made a 20"x30" board layout and imported revit-rendered images into the file. The illustrator file ended up being 1.60 GB. This seems a little large. And the file had a really hard time saving- it took 20 minutes for it to save and it shut down twice before that. Is there a way I can reduce my file size without losing my 300dpi resolution?
Thanks in advance.

When you save with PDF-compatibility, you will have all items doubled in the file. Plus: all images will be embedded in the PDF part.
Illustrator still is a 32-bit app

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You say "To point you in a certain direction, DV from a TRV is 720x480, not 640x480." However, according to QuickTime's Movie Inspector panel, the file is 640x480. This clip was captured through Premiere - that wouldn't change its aspect ratio, would it?
The files from the Canon still camera are AVI files, not still images (so I don't see how the reference to Photoshop applies, or perhaps I misunderstood your point). They are 320x240, according to QuickTime's Movie Inspector panel. If they're 320x240, wouldn't that be the same aspect ratio as 640x480? Attempting to import them, I get the same error....
While not exactly Hollywood quality, I just need files to play with as I attempt to learn the program, and it's not clear to me why these files should not work - other than the fact that NO files seem to work. Also, I'm not sure what your reference to "exporting" pertains to - I can't get anything imported, I'm not trying to export anything that (I'm aware of) - I'll worry about exporting once I've managed to get something, ANYTHING to import.
I've got some PP training videos (from "you-probably-know-who.com"). Following along using their project files and their video assets (MOV files in this case), I still get the exact same error.
So to summarize, so far, I've seen no evidence that this copy of PP can import ANY video file.
While I'm sure I would benefit from spending more time with the fine manual, I think there's something wrong here that's not going to be addressed in the introductory documentation. If I can't import any footage into any project, progress is going to be slow.
How about this: is there some known-to-be-good test file I can grab and try importing that? I've got very strong suspicions that I'll get the same error message.
Thanks again.

Too large of file ?

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