Transferring Photos from PC to iPhoto on MacBook

I am trying to transfer all of my photos from my old PC to my new Macbook using a USB drive. Can someone outline the easiest way to do this, including the destination folder on the MacBook? I'm new to Macs hence the simple nature of the question.
Thanks!

just drag the pictures on you USB drive and then drop them on the iPhoto icon in the dock !
this will start iPhoto and will copy every pictures in the iPhoto Library !
let it manage the library otherwise you may get unexpected errors !
it's pretty hassle free and you will have backups on you USB drive in case the HDD crashed...you never know !

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