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1  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOW CAN I USE CLIENT'S COMPUTERS TO MINE BIT COINS? on: November 19, 2012, 11:26:01 PM
Quote from: BurtW on November 19, 2012, 11:18:02 PM
Quote from: adax on November 19, 2012, 11:16:17 PM
Quote from: prezbo on November 19, 2012, 11:11:45 PM
Not worth it, and it will be worth even less in a few weeks. Use the time for something more productive.

Thank you for your input. Will you please elaborate? Why is this not worth it?
Answer this:  do these computers have very high end graphics cards or not?


Yes, about 20 of them do have high end graphics cards. I can get the companies that don't have better graphics cards to upgrade.
2  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOW CAN I USE CLIENT'S COMPUTERS TO MINE BIT COINS? on: November 19, 2012, 11:24:59 PM
Quote from: prezbo on November 19, 2012, 11:23:03 PM
Quote from: adax on November 19, 2012, 11:20:01 PM
Quote from: SgtSpike on November 19, 2012, 11:12:18 PM
Do your client's computers have modern dedicated graphics cards installed?  ATI 58XX , 6XXX, or 7XXX series?  If not, it is not worth your trouble. You'll make pennies a day while your client pays dollars a day for electricity.  If so, it may be worth your trouble, but only for a few weeks, until ASICs ship out.  Once ASICs are up and running, graphics cards will be just as old and slow as CPU's are now, and you'll again be back to making pennies a day while your client pays dollars a day for electricity.


I just looked into ASICs. This is the link I just read:  http://bitcoinmagazine.net/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/

Should I hold off mining using client's computers and instead buy one of these?
If you haven't so far, I would suggest not mining at all. If you want to get bitcoins sell some stuff for bitcoin, offer services, get your business to accept bitcoin as payment, etc.

Why would you suggest not mining at all?
3  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOW CAN I USE CLIENT'S COMPUTERS TO MINE BIT COINS? on: November 19, 2012, 11:20:01 PM
Quote from: SgtSpike on November 19, 2012, 11:12:18 PM
Do your client's computers have modern dedicated graphics cards installed?  ATI 58XX , 6XXX, or 7XXX series?  If not, it is not worth your trouble. You'll make pennies a day while your client pays dollars a day for electricity.  If so, it may be worth your trouble, but only for a few weeks, until ASICs ship out.  Once ASICs are up and running, graphics cards will be just as old and slow as CPU's are now, and you'll again be back to making pennies a day while your client pays dollars a day for electricity.


I just looked into ASICs. This is the link I just read:  http://bitcoinmagazine.net/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/

Should I hold off mining using client's computers and instead buy one of these?

4  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOW CAN I USE CLIENT'S COMPUTERS TO MINE BIT COINS? on: November 19, 2012, 11:16:17 PM
Quote from: prezbo on November 19, 2012, 11:11:45 PM
Not worth it, and it will be worth even less in a few weeks. Use the time for something more productive.

Thank you for your input. Will you please elaborate? Why is this not worth it?
5  Other / Beginners & Help / HOW CAN I USE CLIENT'S COMPUTERS TO MINE BIT COINS? on: November 19, 2012, 11:09:49 PM

I'm very new to this so please forgive me if this has been addressed elsewhere. I DID search the forums looking for a thread where this has been addressed and I was unable to find this question answered.


Question:    How can I set up my client's computers to mine for Bit Coins as a pool?


Background info:   I work for a small computer repair company and we have 50+ clients. I've already gained permission from the clients whose computers I want to use (I'm not doing anything illegal here) and now I'm looking for ways to have the computers connected, mine together, and dump BTCs in my wallet. Is this more complicated than I think it is? Do you recommend any additional hardware? Ideally I would like to be able to have this system fully automated so that once the client's work day is over and their computer is free to use, their computers sync and mine together. What do I need to set this up?


Thank you for your help.

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