1. is it worth mining altcoins just for fun on a laptop while i sit here deployed in Afghanistan, if so will a new laptop with say 3 to 4 gig video work or
2. When i go home on leave, build a tower, for mining, using GPUs, and bring it back overseas with me, to set up in my room
3 save the money and buy a BTC miner
4. put more money into the BTC pools using the new th/s equipment coming out
5. buy the 3 th/s miner, and leave it at home and hope it runs by itself while i am overseas deployed
2. When i go home on leave, build a tower, for mining, using GPUs, and bring it back overseas with me, to set up in my room
3 save the money and buy a BTC miner
4. put more money into the BTC pools using the new th/s equipment coming out
5. buy the 3 th/s miner, and leave it at home and hope it runs by itself while i am overseas deployed
1. No
2. Yes, that is probably your best option - if you can set it up in your room, you won't have to pay for power
3,4,5:
BTC mining is no longer profitable, in my opinion, unless you've already made a significant investment in high-powered ASIC mining hardware.
You're too late to the game to spend any $$ on mining equipment now and expect to get your money back.
By the time the first batch of 1-3TH miners are shipped out in January, the difficulty on BTC will go so high, everyone else who gets theirs in March or April will hardly be able to mine anything.
However, if you do decide to buy one, you'll probably need to take it with you and setup in your room. These things do need rebooted occasionally, it's unrealistic to think it'll just sit there and run for 6 months without intervention.
