Gmail vs. Hotmail

I have to use a webmail interface for all my email. I have too many computers, and no primary computer. Webmail is the only way I can have all my email in one place. When I was still an undergrad, I could ssh into the server, and use pine. I was the admin for the server for about four years. Not a single problem. But six months after I left, the server got hacked, and well, I didn't have email for about a week, maybe two. When the server finally came up, I decided it would be a better idea for me to forward my mail to Gmail. My secondary email account has always been a hotmail account. When I decided to phase out my UT email account, hotmail was not a choice at all. Why? Too slow, clunky and some slight problems with Safari. Gmail on the other hand had a super fast interface, that was extremely productive. Even though Gmail was beta, and there was a chance that the service might go down, and things like that, I chose to use Gmail. Its just that much more productive. Plus now that it is 2 gigs of space, its not just an email account, but a store for most of my media files (articles, books, music and such).