The Surface's screen looks sharper, it supports a faster 120Hz refresh rate, and its slightly taller 3:2 aspect ratio means you have to scroll less when reading articles or formatting text. The MacBook is a mobile workstation aimed at content creators with heavy workloads, whereas the Surface is a tablet meant for productivity use. The Microsoft Surface Pro 8 (2021) and the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2019) are both very different laptops. Some tests, like black uniformity and color accuracy, may vary between individual units. If you come across a different configuration option not listed above, or you have a similar Microsoft Surface Pro 8 that doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update it. Our display and performance results are only valid for the configuration we tested.