Do you have to use bitminter's client to join bintminter's pool?

Bitminter apparently has a 1% fee on income earned since 04.2013 - is this standard?  Are there good pools without a fee?

All,
I have an older'ish server that I have laying around that has an AMD cpu, 2 gigs of ram and 1 AGP slot, it's just sitting there in the corner looking sad and unplugged.

Are there any AGP cards that will get me 200+ MH/s?

Bitcoin has received heaps of attention recently from tech early adopters and the mainstream media alike. It’s been a wild last six months which has seen the value of the virtual currency grow more than tenfold and then fall half as much, as well as the government intervene in a series of suspected fraud and money-laundering cases. The cryptocurrency has been hailed by many as a potential future global currency, but amid all this fervor, it remains little more than an intellectual curiosity to most. That is, those who own bitcoin, have used it to complete a transaction of any sort, or are even aware how to do so are firmly in the minority.

Austin and Becky Craig, documentarians and soon to be newlyweds, are taking on this challenge firsthand with an ambitious plan to live only using bitcoin for the first 90 days after returning from their honeymoon on July 27. The Provo, Utah residents are entering this project without any pre-experience using bitcoin and without making any prior arrangements for how to handle life’s everyday transactions: rent, food, gasoline, etc. The entire adventure will be captured by a documentary film crew, the Good Line, and the couple will also post daily vlogs (video blogs) detailing their triumphs and struggles. The final film will be called “Life on Bitcoin.”

then what is a good laptop?