I  have swapped from a 13mac book pro to a 15 mac book pro- both running Outlook exchange. 
My challenge is i wish to transfer over my pst/'on my computer' folders ( due to corp mail box restrictions i created a set of folders within outlook and simply drop emails from my inbox into these folders, once no longer important)  in from old to new machine and I just cant work it out. Why is it so bloody difficult!!
I am running Mac OS 10.6.8 on a Mac Book Pro with 4 GB of RAM.

I have three accounts set up in Outlook 2011 -- two Exchange accounts on a corporate server and one Gmail account. My database is just under 1 GB. I have a considerable amount of mail stored in the computers under "On this computer."

In the last week the program has become unusably slow. Double-clicking on a message and opening it takes about 15 seconds. I get the spinning beach ball nearly every time I open a message.

Should I rebuild my database? Trash preferences? Please help. I may have to abandon ship.

Thanks.
Original Title: "Issues with outlook 2011."
I am working on a mac book pro and have installed outlook 2011. 14.2.2.  I am using a gmail account and am finding that the application continually hangs for about 30 seconds.  This will happen whilst writing emails, sending, switching into the application.  Any advice ??  Thank you