Hotmail or Gmail?

Neither, I use yahoo mail... I got Gmail but I do not use it, I have hotmail also...

I use Gmail. I like it because I think it has the best web email.

Definitely Gmail. It's cleaner and faster and less clunky.

Also it can be easily accessed via google's homepage.

Gmail

I use Gmail. Hotmail has never even remotely compared in terms of features and flexibility, in my use.

Incidentally:

It really depends on what you prefer, i personally use gmail because of the sleeker interface compared to hotmail's "boxy" and also i think the gmail does a better job in preventing spam mail .etc but at the end of the day i suggest you give both a shot and compare the pros and cons of each one.

I seem to be the odd one out. I like Hotmail much better than Gmail for a few reasons. When I want to check email on my old, slow laptop Gmail literally crashes the browser, but Hotmail just goes slowly. If I remember right I got spam email soon after I got a Gmail address (all of it went in the spam folder), but when I got my Live.com email address I didn't have spam for a long time (until someone shared my email address with some spam website). I would rate both the Gmail and Hotmail spam filters about equal. As for storage space I've never deleted an email that was not spam on either Gmail or Hotmail, I still have a lot of extra space in both accounts. Hotmail supposedly has no hard limit and will gradually grow as my email grows. Gmail is increasing at a pace of 108 MB per month (from my calculations). I use Windows Live Mail that's designed a lot more for Hotmail than it is for Gmail, but I like the "HTTP" feature that Hotmail has opposed to the IMAP that Gmail uses. I personally like the Hotmail visual interface better, but that's probably because I'm used to it. A bit to the side, but... Google Talk's desktop client is horrible compared to Windows Live Messenger (IMHO). If I remember right Google Talk forces you to use a Gmail address, but Windows Live messenger allows any email address you want.

One final word: I have a little bias toward Microsoft rather than Google because of issues I've had with Google.

i suggest gmail. Fast and reliable. hotmail just sucks.

I prefer Gmail, because they have Google Labs. Some of the best things that Google Labs offers is texting people. I've used it when I've needed to. I love the Terminal theme. It makes me look cool (like a geek) at school, and teachers sometimes think that I'm trying to hack the school's servers.

Go with Gmail. I also use it. Hotmail makes you look more unprofessional. The best would of course be your own e-mail address.