Should I join a mining pool and which one?

[chaosknight]

I'm really interested in Bitcoin and I was wondering if it's still profitable to join a mining pool?

I mean, I don't have that much money to spend at the moment and I was wondering how long would I need to mine in association with a reputable mining pool to earn just 1 bitcoin?

You can try middlepool.com. The profitability is higher then if you mine Bitcoin directly, of course it also depends on what your mining rig is..