They look similar, but they're quite different to use. The biggest difference between the Surface Pro and the Surface Laptop comes in the keyboards.

The Surface Pro's panel gets brighter, while the Surface Laptop's screen is bigger. The Surface Pro reached 398 nits and covered 140 percent of the color gamut.

In our testing, the Surface Laptop registered 361 nits of brightness on our light meter and covered 135 percent of the sRGB color gamut.

The Surface Laptop has a 13.5-inch touch screen with 2256 x 1504 pixels. The Surface Pro sports a smaller, 12.3-inch 2736 x 1827 'PixelSense' display with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 - 15' 2496 x 1644 PixelSense Touchscreen Laptop - Intel Evo Platform 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1255U Processor - Includes 15 Month Microsoft 365 Family Subscription. The 2-in-1 has a means for expandable storage that the Surface Laptop doesn't offer. Neither uses USB Type-C for charging or data, which is a noticeable omission for devices you'll likely be keeping for a few years as USB-C accessories become more popular. Perhaps what's more notable is what isn't on Microsoft's devices.

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