switching hotmail to outlook...

bloodnut

... 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!

sam3110

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

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

nice one, cheers lads.

addick1965

My account has been switched.....hate the new look and it seems very sluggish.

LenGlover

I don't understand the need for a compulsory change to something that worked well.

"Progress" I suppose!

dickplumb

Don't like outlook at all.Not all change is good change.

eaststandmike

To be honest I hated it when it first happened however I have grown used to it, it seems faster as well

EastTerrace

Thought the hotmail web interface (on a mac at least wasn't that good, especially the search function). Outlook much improved.

PL54

All changed on my PC but no change on handheld - is that to be expected ?

Shrew

all changed on mine, it seems tons slower

ME14addick

I prefer the old Hotmail. I sometimes think that things are changed for no good reason other than to give someone some work.

HarryHutchens

Mine got changed. It's slower and has regularly frozen. Hopefully they'll sort it out soon.

Red Fraggle

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

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

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

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