Gmail vs. Outlook? need some advice

[MalaCraft]

hey guys.

 

i am planning to move my email & stuff to a new provider.

i think since i already have a microsoft-account for my Windows i might just go with an outlook address & OneDrive.

 

you should know i am not a heavy email and cloud-storage user so it does not really matter if i am going with GoogleDrive or OneDrive.

it would be practical to stay with one provider instead of having multible accounts for every single service.

 

i dont know what to choose cause both ways are easy accessible on Phone and PC.

 

 

so my question is: are there any major benefits for one over the other?

 

and please... no childish Microsoft or Google hating.

 

 

[thekeemo]

the UI of outlook is horrible

also alot more services use gmail

[ImBleu]

I use both - Gmail for my school and outlook for my private, both work nice - but Gmail handles chain emails way better.

[Luke4efc]

If you're not a big e-mail person then you might as well go for the domain that sounds better

[Maslofski]

no need to choose, i use both, and i just have both on my phone to get the notifications of both.

[JoeyOnline]

Hey there!
 

I personally use Outlook because I find that it is a very professional email provider and deals with Junk and spam email accordingly. I also find Outlook much easier to navigate around and I don't know if this is just me but Outlook seems a lot smoother and faster the Gmail.

 

I use both email providers regularly so I hope this information is useful.

 

I hope this helps and pick wisely!

 

Many thanks, Joseph.

[colonel_mortis]

I use outlook.com at the moment, and there are quite a lot of really minor issues that are starting to get on my nerves. I have found that it's not uncommon for the whole page to just freeze up and not respond to clicks etc, requiring me to refresh the page to make it work.

Unless you find a nice address on outlook.com, I would probably suggest that you use gmail instead.

[ImBleu]

 

 

Here is my justification - is it really needed to split a chain email up multiple times in my inbox? Gmail puts this all in one long chain instead.

[givingtnt]

I use both

[Dzzope]

If you have an android phone, stick to gmail.

Otherwise try them both and see which yo prefer.

 

 

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[Guest]

I prefer Gmail, I've used Hotmail/Outlook for years.

[Guest]

TBH I use both, I have my outlook mail being forwarded to my Gmail.

[MalaCraft]

If you have an android phone, stick to gmail.

Otherwise try them both and see which yo prefer.

right i have an Android phone so i have to have one anyway... maybe i will try both for a while.

 

for some reason i like the Outlook Ui way more.

[Blebekblebek]

Outlook doesn't have POP3 services

and it auto delete any account if it's inactive for 3months (it was a year, then 6months, and now 3months)

 

oh, so they go back with a year again.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/account-closed

 

I don't know how many times they already delete my account

with Hotmail, Live.com, and what was it that required for GFWL.

and now Skype also require MSN account.

 

I'm still using that account and yet, they kept deleting my email acount.

[benthegreat17]

hey guys.

 

i am planning to move my email & stuff to a new provider.

i think since i already have a microsoft-account for my Windows i might just go with an outlook address & OneDrive.

 

you should know i am not a heavy email and cloud-storage user so it does not really matter if i am going with GoogleDrive or OneDrive.

it would be practical to stay with one provider instead of having multible accounts for every single service.

 

i dont know what to choose cause both ways are easy accessible on Phone and PC.

 

 

so my question is: are there any major benefits for one over the other?

 

and please... no childish Microsoft or Google hating.

 

I use Gmail since I use google for everything (Google Chrome, Nexus 6, etc) so it just kinda all syncs which I like

[Mightyinvader]

Yeah I use gmail, I have a windows phone so I do have outlook I just prefer gmail

[GoodBytes]

I use both. Gmail for crap stuff like forum notifications and such.

Outlook for personal.

I prefer Outlook. Cleaner interface, simple to use, yet powerful.

Also the new outlook.com look really nice

[Bouzoo]

Isn't Gmail better for personal use and Outlook for business?

And about clouding, Onedrive gives you 15GB free but you can't upload files larger than 2GB. Google Drive give you 15GB but no size limit (ok it's 5TB but you won't use it).

[GoodBytes]

OneDrive file limitation is 10GB

[Bouzoo]

Yeah,you're right, they upped it since I last checked it.

[neebuilda]

If you download the onedrive app on your phone it will give you an extra 15GB of storage so you have 30GB for free. I use hotmail just because I always have and there is no benifiet to switching. The integration of one drive into file explorer is also very good if you have windows 8.1

[SkywardKkalox]

I use both. Gmail for my devices and services and outlook(windowslive cause i'm oldschool) for my personal use.

[mixup]

outlook 

[flowalex]

I have two outlooks, a personal one and one for school, and two gmail, a email for all my accounts and one for putting on my resume, both have features that I like google docs for example, but if you want a good mail app either way get the outlook app.  I remember reading a review that the best app for gmail on Iphone is the outlook app, and on android the calendar widget is amazing

[ZestyJalapeno]

Slightly OT, but can I introduce you to the brilliance that is Mozilla Thunderbird? It's not an email provider per se but it's a client that's basically your inbox for all the email addresses you'll ever use. Atm I have 5 addresses; 3 Gmail and 2 Yahoo. Thunderbird keeps all my inboxes, outboxes, drafts etc in the same window. Really useful. 

 

In answer to your question though I recommend Gmail. The UI for me is cleaner and easier to understand.