I've done quite a bit of research on bitcoins and am curious to get started. My friend used to take in over 1 bitcoin a day with his rig a few months back, now he says it takes 5 so it's not worth it. I'm on a laptop and I know better than to stress a laptop like that. Even with my cooling pad underneath I'm sure mining would destroy my laptop.
I definitely want to get out of the newbie status early because, hey the total time logged in isn't even working for me
![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
It's showing far less than what I'm actually at.
Also are there stats of who takes in the most bitcoins/day. And has folding@home's participation decreased now that you can use your rigs for money?
I can't imagnie an 8 core system with 2 of these running.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131438.