The main reason most people want Windows 7 on a tablet is its existing applications, and they are all mostly terrible on a Windows tablet.
As soon as you say "Windows 7" it automatically means a heavy machine with short battery life, and lot of heat plus fan noise. I have a HP Windows 7 tablet which comes with some extra touch-optimized software but really, as soon as you want Windows 7 on your system it completely negates the point of a tablet computer. Just get a light laptop with touch screen.
Yep, and that's why all tablet PCs have sucked, and why I said it can't just be Windows 7 shoehorned onto a tablet.
MS is said to be working on a new Tablet OS, built from the ground up and not just tweaking windows 7. I'm hoping they get it right.
I don't need full windows. I don't care about running all PC software on it. I just want it to have Tablet versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. that are 100% compatible with the desktop versions unlike the current office options on the iPad that wreck formatting when going a back and forth between the iPad and PC. And a USB port and file system so I can easily get files on and off the device without needing iTunes or an internet connection ec.
I have no interest in a light laptop as I'll always have a 15-17" laptop at home (no room for a desktop and just don't need one at home) as my main home computer and it's too redundant to own a 2nd smaller laptop that just gets used 10 or so times a year when traveling.
Plus the laptop form factor isn't good for things like reading, or marking up documents with a stylus etc, a tablet excels at that.
So I'm much more interested in some windows based tablet that has a stylus, runs a tablet version of MS office and so on than some clunky laptop with a touch screen. A tablet like that is a nice complement to my desktop-replacement laptop. A smaller laptop with a touch screen is just too redundant with the laptop I already have.