Because to run Windows, you need to ditch all the nice things about a slate.

The ARM processor has to go, and get replaced with an energy hungry x86 processor.

The battery life will therefore not be very good. The software will not be that good for geolocation (Android/iPad software is much better).

So, just the fact that Windows is there means the hardware will not be good. Don't buy this failed Tablet PC.

Buy an Android slate or an iPad instead.

If I could afford a tablet, I would be stymied by the choice between Win7 and Android and possibly not buy at all as a result. Giving both options in one package is a smart move in my view.

It's pretty obvious why it has the choice of two OSes.

It's trying to hedge its bets by having a foot in both camps.

No doubt it developed it with Windows 7 in mind over the last 2 years whilst it was getting developed and then saw that Android is getting very popular and so threw together that old standby - Android 1.6 version.

Isn't that the max resolution Intel imposes on NetBook PCs? Could Viewsonic be legally limited to that?

Viewsonic should atleast offer 1024x768 vga resolution. Viewsonic being the display expert could have done much better on resolution.