RAR and ZIP

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RAR and ZIP

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Usually I prefer WinZIP because I find it more comfortable to use, but today I had to pack a huge amount of data, so I tried both:

WinZIP 9.00: 436 MB
WinRAR 3.51: 384 MB

Doh! WinRAR took quite a bit longer than WinZIP though.
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Post by Krom »

I'll take door number three.

http://www.7-zip.org/
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I have heard of it. I will try it.
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Post by Kyouryuu »

I agree. 7Zip is, imho, the best. Still, plain old ZIP is the most common. It would be bad manners to package things for other people in .7z.
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Unless it's self extracting .. :)
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I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )
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Grendel wrote:Unless it's self extracting .. :)
Still, self-extracting archives aren't something that you would want to, for example, upload to a website that a Mac or Linux user might access (e.g. D2x ;) ).
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7-zip all the way
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Duper wrote:I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )
And slow like butt. ;)
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I prefer Stuffit X. http://www.stuffit.com/.
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400 megs? You noob. =)
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7-zip is way better than RAR with some files, and way worse with others.
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Post by Xamindar »

curious, how does gzip and bzip (used in unix systems) compare to rar and zip?
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Diedel wrote:
Duper wrote:I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )
And slow like butt. ;)
I don't have anyhwere to go. *shrug*.

Time managment folks.. time managment. ;D
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Post by Asrale »

WinZip and WinRAR are shoddily written pieces of software.

PkZip for Windows for teh win and the fastest compression time! :P
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Post by MD-2389 »

heh

Asrale = teh n00b. ;)

/me pats DOS version of PKZip and PKUnzip

Seriously though, I've used WinRAR for years and love it. It may be shareware, but it still works after 40 days. :)
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I use QuickZip. It lets me compress and decompress practically anything. :)
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Post by Mobius »

Agreed: RAR files must be self extracting - and this is a problem, as many email servers are set to deny executables.

This being so, ZIP, set to \"best\" ius arguably superior.
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