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yaswanth

Aug 11 2008, 12:08 PM

I use Winrar .. I find it better than Winzip ..

Albee1337

Aug 18 2008, 07:41 PM

I would perfer WinRAR much better than WinZIP. WinRAR is compatible with various file extensions, and also provides a password function to protect your files. This is probably the reason I would stick to WinRAR: privacy is secured.

iGuest-7Zip Rules

Aug 23 2008, 01:18 PM

WinRAR Or WinZip ?
Winrar Or Winzip?

7Zip is the best ! It can make 50MB go to 6MB ! It can even extract almost any file you can give it to eat !

-reply by 7Zip Rules

the_boss_9

Sep 6 2008, 06:50 AM

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I personaly think that Winrar is better because it is easier to understand and it can open more file types.

TOTALLY AGREE

OHFIENA

Sep 6 2008, 08:54 AM

I use both.
But I personally think the winrar is better.
Dunch ya agree?

innosia

Sep 6 2008, 09:14 AM

QUOTE(hulunes @ Sep 30 2005, 01:19 PM)

i use both of them because winzip is easy to compress file usually,for instance,when we deliver a file document,the swiftest compressing way is winzip only move files to zip file;winrar is powerful to do anything concerned with compressing.certainly we can set password to our private file if we donot hope it to be public,winrar is appropriate to need the demand;we can delete some un-deleted file one time through winrar.

I like winrar better because it can extract .zip files, and .rar files while winzip cant. And winrar also could extract cab files and so on. The only lack of winrar is the .rar type is license (or what is called like that), so no other freeware developer (except winrar agree) could develop software to compress in rar type. And if other rar extractor exist they must have agreement with winrar, and so it probably need to buy the product (not freeware), but i never heard one

room2593

Sep 7 2008, 02:57 AM

I've always found that winrar is a very obtrusive program that hassles you with unnecessary burdens. I never use it anymore.
Instead, I use 7zip. Then install file is smaller, it's a painless process. The program itself can imbed itself in context menus so that you can zip or unzip files by right clicking and going to the very handy menu.

Since I found it, I have never used anything else.

morder

Sep 15 2008, 05:57 AM

i use winzip more than winrar.

rgginc

Sep 23 2008, 04:57 PM

I love winRAR. Of course, I haven't really used winZIP that much, but I think winRAR can open more file types.

delivi

Sep 23 2008, 08:03 PM

WinRAR is a tool that is used to create and decompress RAR archives (Roshal ARchive). RAR format takes longer to compress files than ZIP format but offer better compression.

Features of RAR are,
* Handle Split Volumes
* Provides Recovery Record to recover data from a damaged archive.
* Better Encryption

WinZip is a tool to compress and decompress files or folders. Its compression ratio is lesser than that of RAR and 7z format. It doesn't have recovery records.

Zip is quite popular and supported by almost all popular compression/decompression softwares.

QUOTE

WinRAR reads the following formats,
* ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ/BZ2, 7z, RAR, LHA, ACE, ARJ, CAB, ISO/CD Image
WinZip reads the following formats,
* ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ/BZ2, RAR, LHA, ARJ, ARC, CAB

WinRAR writes in the following formats,
* ZIP, RAR
WinZip writes in the following formats,
* ZIP, ARC

WinRAR Costs - $29 - http://www.rarlab.com/
WinZip Costs - $29.95, $49.95(Pro) - http://www.winzip.com/

Choose the right tool based on the formats that you are gonna use.