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I have my Advantage x7500 since August and while I agree that it could be faster, I actually find it much faster to work with than my HTC Trinity (P3600) phone with qVGA screen, 400MHz CPU and 64MB RAM.
Also I agree with previous posts - the VGA on advantage is exactly the same as on any other WM device - basically only increased qVGA and if you want to take real advantage of VGA resolution you need to install TrueVGA - I'm running my in 128 DPI mode and I find it a great compromise between finger friendliness and increased screen real estate.
One other thing - most applications are aware of the VGA mode and even in "standard" mode, you can take advantage of bigger resolution by using smaller fonts or zooming out to display more information, the only real problem are menus that are just too big.
As for usage - I love the fact that I have a lot of built in storage (8GB microdrive in my case), that there is a lot of RAM - I always have around 50MB RAM free even with several applications open, which is much better than on my phone where I start with 25MB free RAM after reset. Also the USB host functionality that allows for USB peripherals like keyboard, mouse, flash drive to be connected is great (unfortunately USB hard drives typically don't work) and ability to use VGA out is nice too - with optional docking station you can use the device as a small desktop...
I use mine mainly for reading (the screen and size is excellent for eBooks), browsing (Opera at least for me works great) and at work with Exchange push enabled and with FlexMail+Pocket Informant installed as a great pocket/portable Outlook replacement (much better on VGA than on qVGA) and last but not least I find it as an excellent note taking device using it with Phat Pad to take notes on meetings.
I must say I'm quite satisfied with mine - it does what I need and at least for me with it's 3G integration and size it makes a better MID/ultra portable than the current Intel based devices.
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