i use winrar and also prefer it cause it's good and also support both compression extensions zip and rar. also where i know rar compression is good as compared to zip i'm not pretty suer but i heared for many that rar extensions is pretty good.

Winrar is the best because its simple to navigate through its interface and moreover it can open a lot of file types including .gz,.7z,.iso ........many more and also it can open .zip files so its better to use winrar than winzip.
You can even rename your .jar or many theme files to .rar files and then open in winrar and see its contents
So its clear than winrar is far better than winzip
All thanks to "alexandar Rohshal" for a making such a good utility.

Sure winrar is better than WinZip. That's why they both cost more. Just use 7zip or ALZip if you really want functionality, though. They're both free.

Eh, I dunno, I just use Ultimate Zip sine it handles just bout ALL compressed file formats, very handy! From what I've heard, WinRAR can handle ZIP files, but WinZIP can only handle ZIP, so I guess WinRAR is better. HOWEVER, I always use ZIP files, because WinZIP is a more common one than WinRAR because it comes with WinXP and above, so not everyone has WinRAR, that way EVERYONE can download my files, and not just someone with WinRAR.

No, Winzip can handle RAR files.

Let's do another comparison between ALZip and Ultimate Zip:

UltimateZip handles 17 file formats, while ALZip handles 36.
UltimateZip writes 12 file formats, while ALZip writes to 8.

Both have virus scanner integration.
Both have password protection and encryption.
Both have backup capabilities (I think, I'm not sure.)
Both are free.
Both have command-line interfaces.
Both have commenting.
Both have "wizards", but ALZip's is just one dialog.
Both can create SFX files.

ALZip has its own format...


Well, I guess they're pretty much equally matched. I'd recommend choosing one based on your preference.

This post has been edited by tricky77puzzle: Mar 22 2008, 11:53 PM

WinRAR. I also use PowerArchiver.

Well i for one think that alzip does good enough when it comes to opening everything you need opened... ofcourse if youre a programmer youll need something that can open as much as it does. but most ppl only need something like winrar. i would suggest alzip to anyone but lets face it , not everyone needs something like that.

There's also the fact that it runs faster, and has a lot of different options.

Never tried AlZIP, sounds useful... But I only really use ZIP for compressing my files, and I only usually need to unzip ZIPs and RARs, with the occasional TAR, and in rare instances, 7z. So anyway, I don't really see a need to get a new unzipper when the one I have does everything I need it to... Of course, one could say the same about IE to Firefox, is this case comparable to that?

Hm, I didn't know WinZIP could do RAR files, is it different from the one built into Windows XP and Vista?