Slower script on faster machine?

[micseydel]

I absolutely think that it is a configuration or extension that the laptop has.

Why are you so sure? Have you looked at the type of the RAM and persistent storage (not just the size)? Have you defragmented the beefier machine like sparkz_alot suggested?

What is the wall-clock time of the script on each machine? Have you verified that the input and output are identical?

Are you able to provide the script?

I don't say this to be a jerk, but on forums like this people are frequently confident that things are the same and then after a ton of investigation it turns out it was something simple (like the beefier machine was a large hard drive, but it's a hard disk instead of solid state, for example).