So you are saying that 8 i5s could do the same job in 1.5 months. Granted. i5s us a lot of power, probably more than you could make in coins. But Atom processors are relatively cheap and low power. Granted they are slower as well.

Perhaps no one knows the answer?

So you are saying that it effectively a race to get to the next new block?

can you explain your statement? Are you saying that a CPU. or 10 CPU working in a pool will never be able to find a block? or that it would just cost too much?

Ok, since everyone is GPU mining, CPU mining has been declared obsolete. I don't totally under stand mining. Is everyone racing to find the same next block? once the block is found, does everyone start working on the same new next block?

Granted, CPUs are slow, but there are some low power ones made specifically for laptops. Would it be possible to use one computer to request work from a Pool and then locally split the work up over multiple CPU miners?

Basically, i'm trying to figure out how to capitalize on a bunch of old computers and motherboards that i have laying around and maybe a few new ATOM motherboards.