People aren't rushing to buy the latest cutting edge anymore, I hope for the day when computer technology settles down a bit. But when 2.x gHz is available, a 400 mhz is getting a little *too* obsolete. I wouldn't want to go lower than that unless I was running linux.
About MOD / OGG files: C'mon people, value the fact that WME already has good audio format support, and instead just go searching for a (quote) nice MOD library without licensing problems if you really want Jan to implement it ;-P
I'm sure there's one at sourceforge somewhere... or listed in that FAQ somewhere... but I'm not a programmer and couldn't tell a GOOD library if it bit me.
No matter how long you think creating a game will take, it will take longer. A lot longer
Oy... you're telling me... my game was in the "brainstorming" phase for over a year... of course, I was homeless for about 6 months and decided to concentrate on my other projects, which didn't exactly help... But I said I would give people more assignments if they finished the ones they had... and I couldn't update the site so everything was by email, so the team thought the project had died even though I was definitely still working on the game, so they stopped working.
A couple of those people are interested in re-joining now.
They had a whole EXTRA 6 months to get their assignments done, so too bad. Now that we're in pre-production, anyone who doesn't contribute actual work gets canned. Muahaha.