Last week I was producing 1 block per week and I was in the position around 150 to 200.
Now I am near the top 100 and produce 1 per day.
You may be able to run on a laptop, I think it needs at least 32GB of RAM, over 512GB storage and be online 24/7.
I know people that run witnesses at home so it is doable
holy crap! I was thinking in something more modest setup, I have laying around a core i5 2nd gen with 8GB of RAM and 512GB HDD (mechanical) ... I don't think it would work... or at least give it a try to see how it goes.
I already vote for your witness.
I think you will need is a heavy campaign promoting the vote and with some benefits or since you are a Developer, some tools to make Hiving easier. That's my 2 cents.
Thank you for the reply, some users didn't even bother to reply the messages they receive in their posts.