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winzip/winrar ?
Which is the best;- 'Winzip' or 'Winrar' and is there a difference ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.7zip is good because it deals with all the popular formats winzip and winrar do, but is open source as beso says.
But personally, I think the interface for winrar is better than 7zip's.
Still, 7zip is free and worth a try before winrar or winzip.
(Note though that I wouldn't use 7zip's format -- stick to .zip or if you have to, .rar. 7z just isn't popular.)
But personally, I think the interface for winrar is better than 7zip's.
Still, 7zip is free and worth a try before winrar or winzip.
(Note though that I wouldn't use 7zip's format -- stick to .zip or if you have to, .rar. 7z just isn't popular.)
Forgot about 7zip - better compression .... but as fo3 says less widely accepted ... tends to be used by the techies and the game ripping types (as does uha)
I'd probably add a couple of other packages as well to make a solid compression toolkit .... but that's getting into quite specialist areas and needs.
for an all round winner my star would still be winrar.
it's ability to create grown up self extracting files is invaluable
I'd probably add a couple of other packages as well to make a solid compression toolkit .... but that's getting into quite specialist areas and needs.
for an all round winner my star would still be winrar.
it's ability to create grown up self extracting files is invaluable
I personally prefer Winzip to Winrar, don't know why, I guess I just got used to it. I think both are good though. If you would like to get the archiver for free download Winzip here: http://freearchiver.org/
I use 7-zip at home by the way, it's rather good too.
I use 7-zip at home by the way, it's rather good too.