Is it worth switching from Hotmalil to Gmail?

Rameses · 22 Jul 2011 at 16:36

@gmail.com is for geeks and hipsters.

@me.com is where it's at.

Jimmy1983 · 10 Aug 2011 at 16:36

AmTechFox said:
@gmail.com is for geeks and hipsters.

@me.com is where it's at.

Do you have to have MobileMe for an @me.com address?

Ice Globe · 10 Aug 2011 at 17:14

Gmail is awesome.

Being able to infinitely customise your email and then filter is so useful for preventing spam as well its many other uses!

eg. [email protected]

= [email protected]

Macro · 10 Aug 2011 at 17:37

SoSolid · 10 Aug 2011 at 17:44

Rich_L said:
When looking at job applications I associate hotmail with commoners and gmail with hip and cooler people.

Make of that what you will.

Nail on the head, couldn't agree with this viewpoint more.

Bennie-Mac · 10 Aug 2011 at 17:54

AmTechFox said:
@gmail.com is for geeks and hipsters.

@me.com is where it's at.

Is that not the wrong way round?

Moothead2 · 10 Aug 2011 at 17:59

AmTechFox said:
@gmail.com is for geeks and hipsters.

@me.com is where it's at.

I believe Manx.net is where it's 'at'

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wakayoda · 10 Aug 2011 at 18:33

G J · 10 Aug 2011 at 20:00

I still use hotmail and windows live messeneger... might be why I rarely get emails and only now have one person on my windows live friend list.

Bennie-Mac · 10 Aug 2011 at 21:30

My girlfriend is so retro she has an @msn.com email.

Evoss · 10 Aug 2011 at 23:37

+100 on Gmail.

Far better.

Stretch · 10 Aug 2011 at 23:54

[FnG]magnolia;19637553 said:
Why not try it and see what you think?

What is it today? National I CAN'T MAKE A SINGLE EASY DECISION DAY or something?

You people

That's every day round here

'nother vote for gmail :cool:

HNR1 · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:17

jaybrock said:
I thought everyone stopped using hotmail about 12 years ago..

No.

But i do have gmail too.

DJMK4 · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:22

Lol, I think I have 135,000 unread messages right now on hotmail. That's my sign up tO anything account haha

Nemesis379 · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:33

I use yahoo, i heard that gmail lost a ton of their users lost their accounts due to corruption.

mrk · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:35

When?

There was an issue not long ago but affected accounts got restored...

Also Gmail allows you to backup all your data locally as well as there being freeware apps to backup new emails to your PC in to standard mail format so any mail client can view them. Attachments etc included and all labels.

Hairybudda · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:39

Primarily I use gmail, job apps and such I use personal domains that I've jazzed up to not look like mine

RageQuit© · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:52

Use both, Gmail for job apps and Hotmail for everything else.

qqg3 · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:55

I have my personal gmail account as a reserve for now, I've been using hotmail for so long I hate to have to inform everyone of an address change.

Darg · 10 Sep 2011 at 01:55

I had to check the date of the OP to make sure this wasn't posted back in 2005. Gmail was better than hotmail straight out of the box and has only gotten better. The issue with the advertisements using keywords from your emails is ridiculous scare-mongering. Who cares if an automatic script on a server decides what advertisements to show based on what's in my email? I've learnt to ignore google ads without even thinking about it now. In fact I'd have a hard time telling you where on the gmail screen the ads are located.