RAR and ZIP

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:54 pm

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.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:57 pm

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:59 pm

I'll take door number three.

http://www.7-zip.org/

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:11 pm

I have heard of it. I will try it.

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:08 pm

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.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:33 pm

Unless it's self extracting ..

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:52 pm

I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:41 am

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

).

Immortal Lobster · Post by **Immortal Lobster** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:48 am

7-zip all the way

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:26 am

Duper wrote:I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )

And slow like butt.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:22 am

I prefer Stuffit X. http://www.stuffit.com/.

Instig8 · Post by **Instig8** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:04 pm

400 megs? You noob. =)

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:08 pm

7-zip is way better than RAR with some files, and way worse with others.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:40 pm

curious, how does gzip and bzip (used in unix systems) compare to rar and zip?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:25 pm

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

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:10 pm

WinZip and WinRAR are shoddily written pieces of software.

PkZip for Windows for teh win and the fastest compression time!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:39 pm

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.

Samuel Dravis · Post by **Samuel Dravis** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:07 pm

I use QuickZip. It lets me compress and decompress practically anything.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:44 pm

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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