Hi,
Have a look at EM Client
http://www.emclient.com/
It's style is very similar to outlook express/outlook. You can import everything from outlook express too, including your contacts (windows address book *.wab file)
For home use it is free - make sure you "get free license" once you've downloaded it as you can enter the key when you install.
http://www.emclient.com/purchase?lang=en
I'm an IT tech and have set this up for clients on Win7/Win8 and they're all happy with it.
Hope that helps,
Matt