Abandon Gmail for Outlook.com? After suffering through the mega-fail Games for Windows Live, real suffering: constant restarting and sign-in needed, really slow

Abandon Gmail for Outlook.com? After suffering through the mega-fail Games for Windows Live, real suffering: constant restarting and sign-in needed, really slow, really annoying update cycles, terrible support procedures; kinda worked when you went through hell... sorta thing. After that torture, I'm reluctant to trust MS web email. I'm sure a different mob did the email application from the GFWL mess, but I won't rush over. I'd use Yahoo above Outlook. Yahoo email seems reliable enough, not too painful.