Hi Martychubbs and others.

I have just joined your pool - I own some BTC but have never mined anything.  I am just running cgminer off my laptop.  Laptop runs Intel Core i7-2670 CPU @ 2.2ghz.  RAM = 8GB.  Any idea what I should put for my t (thread?) count?  I am currently using 8 and getting 8-12 kH/s which is not getting me very far.  If I wanted to mine some more Vert, with the option of mining other alts, what sort of equipment should I be looking to purchase?  What calculator should I use to see if other options make sense? 

Thanks for the help.

LesCow