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switching hotmail to outlook...

bloodnut
bloodnut Posts: 2,146
edited December 2012 in Not Sports Related
... has anyone done this?

just got an email from hotmail saying to make the switch to this new address (outlook.com) any pointers, ideas, advice, thoughts ect... from those in the know to a computer novice, cheers!

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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,347
    Literally nothing in it, your email address stays the same etc. it's just a new look to fall in line with Windows 8
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,990
    Just changed my account - more about look than function.

    I dont much like Windows 8 (being an old git) but the hotmail changeover seems painless.
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    nice one, cheers lads.
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    My account has been switched.....hate the new look and it seems very sluggish.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    I don't understand the need for a compulsory change to something that worked well.

    "Progress" I suppose!
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    Don't like outlook at all.Not all change is good change.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    To be honest I hated it when it first happened however I have grown used to it, it seems faster as well
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    Thought the hotmail web interface (on a mac at least wasn't that good, especially the search function). Outlook much improved.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    All changed on my PC but no change on handheld - is that to be expected ?
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,751
    all changed on mine, it seems tons slower

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  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,767
    I prefer the old Hotmail. I sometimes think that things are changed for no good reason other than to give someone some work.
  • HarryHutchens
    HarryHutchens Posts: 541
    Mine got changed. It's slower and has regularly frozen. Hopefully they'll sort it out soon.
  • Red Fraggle
    Red Fraggle Posts: 635
    Can't stand it. Plus the contacts list is very strange. Slow & not very work friendly. What is wrong with black & white? We fear change & all that but I liked it before.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    To be fair my Hotmail account was playing up....I kept getting the "Hotmail is unable to respond at this time, please try again later" notice. Since a stuttering start with Outlook it looks to have settled down, albeit I dont like the layout much, especially on the "New" section, its not that clear where to type and having done a couple of cut and pastes of email address, it just showed "Mail to" rather than the address and I wasnt sure if they had been sent. (I had replies later so they obviously had gone).
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    edited April 2013
    I have noticed that there is no inbox function on Skype and now have to log in to see if I got emails... is there anyway round it that I missed or has it just gone and been left off...?

    im mildly perturbed by it!
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Get gmail

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