You've heard this before....

[kallindown]

But can I use an old laptop to mine bitcoins/litecoins and how much $ would I need to invest before I could make 0.5 bitcoins p/w if im getting free electric off my landlord ? Any info or pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

[greyhawk]

0.5 bitcoin /week? You would need about 3000 GHash/s right now. That translates to about 10 ASICMINER USB Miners. So about 2000 dollars. Expect the required Hashrate to raise significantly within the next weeks.

[shoggot]

You can always mine with your CPU of integrated amd gpu bit you wont make any money worth mentioning.

[greyhawk]

You can always mine with your CPU of integrated amd gpu bit you wont make any money worth mentioning.

He'll kill his laptop before he finds a single coin. These things are not made to run 100% 24/7.

[scarsbergholden]

yeah laptop = bad idea 

(from experience) 

[kallindown]

Haha thanks guys so pretty much pointless getting involved then ? Same for litecoins ?

[KSV]

yeap, if your gonna mine BTC get an ASIC. . . or dont waste your time.

[kallindown]

How much are the usb sticks and where is a reputable place to buy please ?

[iram4103]

The best thing you can do is mine powercoin. It has very low difficulty with your laptop you can get up to 3000 powercoin per day.

[legitnick]

Thanks for the information, Im going to let 3 rigs run powercoin for awhile.

[flipper]

powercoin ? What good are they... (serious question).