impressed yet again

OK I love the way that all the applications on the Apple works so seamlessly with each other. I have been experimenting with Mail and Address Book (Yes, very unique and original names for programs - Which makes it hard to Google stuff about them). Attachments quite easily move into the appropriate program, photos can be shown as a slideshow with a click of the mouse, they also show up in the email at the width of the window you have open. Even attaching files is as easy as drag and drop. Uploaded photos can even be resized so you don't get a picture twice as big as your screen in your mailbox.

It looks like I soon may be migrating my email to these programs. Luckily one (actually 3) of my 20 email addresses is (are) at Gmail which supports POP3 (Post Office Protocol). Unfortunately my main email address is at HoTMaiL not Gmail. The folks at Hotmail do not support user-friendliness, so I cannot get my 1) address book or 2) mail from there, 3) forward my mail from there to a new account or 4) find an easy way to transfer addresses.

I am not looking forward to the address change, but I think it is worth it. Anybody else using Apple's Mail program? Is there any reason I shouldn't make the move?