In the beginning, you could mine tons of Bitcoins on your laptop. They were also close to worthless, so you could buy very many for very cheap. Satoshi did not

In the beginning, you could mine tons of Bitcoins on your laptop. They were also close to worthless, so you could buy very many for very cheap. Satoshi did not pre-mine, I believe. So, if you read his announcement, and started mining right away, you'd be as rich as him.