| | Ok, I've been asking this all over the internet but is WinRar better than WinZip or the other way around?  ( Hope this is in right forum! ) |
Aug 7, 2008
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Aug 7, 2008
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I personaly think that Winrar is better because it is easier to understand and it can open more file types.
I use WinRar, Like Alex said it seems to open any file that you can throw at it. Winzip doesn't alway open what you want it to. .rar files for example
both work fine winrar has the better advantage of opening up more stuff but i tend to like winzip better, best thing to do is download both of them and try them out and see which one is better.
If people don't mind me saying this, but I find that Winzip and Winrar aren't the best decompressors existing. I personally use a very good program called "Power Archiver" and it can use all the files that winrar can use, plus I believe, more than 10 more. (Also includes the HIGH COMPRESSION new 7z extension which can make a 50MB file shrink to 5MB... I'm not sure if that's true though)
www.powerarchiver.com You should really check it out.
I rarely handle compressed files. Usally if I do I get zip. And for that I use windows explorer. When I do come across rar i use Winrar.
I have been using Winrar for a long time, had winzip before wirar came in...
Winrar is fast and handles more file type. There are a few other features like creating and saving profiles(i.e. settings) which I dont think is possible in winzip. Another useful feature is "Encrypt file names" i.e, when setting password to a .rar file, if this option is checked, the user will not be able to view even the filename in the compressed file. In case of .zip, the filenames are visible but only cannot be opened. I have not used power archiver, wud try is sometime... but winrar serves all my compression needs to my satisfaction so no worries... Cheers
If you're looking for compression levels and overall performance then winrar is probably a good choice. If you're looking for compatability for users, I'd use Winzip. Winzip is by far the most popular form of file compression on the net. So if you're making a compressed file to share with other people, use Winzip. IF the compressed file is for yourself, use Winrar. I am of course talking about the different compression formats, not the programs themselves.
winrar is best
winzip is good, but not like winrar winrar there are full option what not winzip
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.
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If you want your program to run lots of file formats, 7zip is good. To compress very high, Uharc (running in MSDOS) or KGB Compressor is good.
But if you want enough file formats, high speed, and enough compression WinRAR is the best. The age of Winzip already passed when WinRAR written. Lower version than 11 or 10 WinZip cannot open the zip files which are created by WinZip 11. But lots of versions of WinRAR can open zip or rar files which are created by the last version of WinRAR. By the way I am using both of 7zip and WinRAR.
Despite all the bells and whistles that Winzip my possess, I still think WinRAR beats it anytime, anywhere.
However, neither one is free.... So, why not try something like p7zip? It supports the most common formats out there, including the already mentioned 7z which has very good compression rates. Anyway, some one mentioned that Winzip has cute things for people who need business solutions... I disagree: Even though Winzip may ease the backup and recording process, I would rather pay for an advanced task scheduling software than pay winzip to have those functions... It's just too limited. Imagine: with p7zip and a decent task scheduler, I could keep zipping and burning backups just like I did before, AND also set up many other automated tasks such as cleaning old backups from memory, etc... It's just not that useful to have Winzip ou Winrar these days... other programs/formats are better and free. "But those formats are not so widely known" <-- well, we can't blame the programmers... it's the users' fault. users are the ones who use pirated versions of winzip and winrar. If they didn't, there would probably be other formats in the big picture. QUOTE(Moody @ Sep 30 2005, 05:12 PM)  WinZip is more modern i think, but that doensn't matter, cus WinRar kan open more files, i would definitely choose that one, but of course you have to choose yourself..... I think so ^^/ Winrar is the good and Best software to Extract File ^^  QUOTE(dul @ Oct 1 2005, 12:48 PM) Winrar is good. I preffer the WINZIP. It is easy. But...... i think Winrar can share thr file is Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3 ^^/ and winzip can not do it ......
if you are a normal home user, the simple answer is get a winRar as all other people said because it extracts more file types and sometimes even weird ones like .jar (mobile file extension) here are list of file winRar opens:
QUOTE * CAB * ARJ * LZH * TAR * GZ and TAR.GZ * BZ2 and TAR.BZ2 * ACE * UUE * JAR (Java Archive) * ISO (ISO9660 - CD image) * 7Z * Z (Unix compress) * ZIP QUOTE View All Files At-A-Glance and Drill Down Quickly Any Windows Explorer user will feel right at home with WinZip's Explorer-style view. It makes it easier than ever to navigate and organize complex, multi-folder Zip files. Automate Repetitive Tasks If you select WinZip 11.2 Pro for your organization, your users will love our new WinZip Job Wizard that handles predefined data backup jobs and easily creates zip jobs that run automatically. It's a HUGE time saver and your users will thank you for it. Zip Directly to CDs and DVDs Also available with WinZip 11.2 Pro is the ability to zip directly to CDs and DVDs. That means that your users can skip a step because there's no need to zip to their hard drive first. Large Zip files will even span multiple disks automatically. and also QUOTE WinZip E-Mail Companion works seamlessly within Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Vista Mail and is the perfect solution for reducing the complexity and time that it takes to send and receive e-mail attachments, and will reduce the amount of disk space required to store those messages. Simply write your e-mail, attach your files, click Send and let WinZip E-Mail Companion do the rest. * Reduce the size of e-mail attachments o Send e-mails faster o Save download time for recipients o Reduce the amount of disk space required to store e-mails * Reduce the time spent creating e-mails o Fewer steps to compress and add attachments o Works within the Microsoft® Office and E-mail programs that you already use so there's no learning curve to get started * Protect attachments containing sensitive information with password-based AES encryption have a look at http://www.winzip.com/winzip11demo.htm for video demo
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