First off, thanks to everybody for your responses. One by one:
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
You need a hard drive formatted in FAT32, so that both the Mac and the Windows machine can read the files.
I think the photos will be in folders that group them. If you modified any of the photos, iPhoto has a separate folder for the modified version, and it keeps the originals.
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FAT32, got it. I looked that up and see there is no shortage of compatible HDs available, but the thing about formatting has my head spinning a little. Not sure if I`ll attempt go ahead with the operation myself, or just pay to have my files moved over as an extra service where ever I buy the new computer from. Configuring the drive sounds like a one-time thing, yes? So once it is set up, all new files loaded onto it will follow suit and whatever machine it gets hooked up to will either be able to read the files or not, with no more dinking around needed?
Back to moving the photos (if I end up doing it myself), I got to thinking that if I export from iPhoto, selecting highest specs and full size (in jpeg?) I should get edited versions, which is both good and bad, but probably better all in all. And if I do it event by event, they will obviously end up on the new device that way. Is there another option to export the complete original files from the internal hard drive, bypassing iPhoto?