Winzip Or Winrar

[ricochet]

why use winzip when winrar will do just the same as zip but more.. and in the xp you have a zip utilty built in....

[echidna]

this should be in software

i prefer stuffit browser [which is alladin product]
i think it's mostly about interface preferences
i'd like an app which made many small zip files of a directory!

[H.H.]

Zip, ZAP, ZOOPP!

Howabout WINACE??? That's a pretty good pakking/unpakking prog.
Seems pretty efficient, too. I don't like winzip's interface, anyway.WINARC has a better i.f. so does WINACE

W.A. is worth a try.... oh , well...just a thought...blblblblbblblblblblblblblblblblbi...heehaw!
H.H. ;)

[sharedholder]

The xp built-in utility its so strange ,takes 10 minutes to unzip a file ,yeah winzip is good but can't unzip the rar files ,winrar is the best but you need a crack for,the best and is freeware is IZarc that unzip a lot of files such rar,zip,arj and more ,try it .

[thegroggman]

My vote is definitely for Winace...Ive been using it for years, and it will unpack just about anything.

[EnJoi]

winrar all the way

[skelley521]

PowerArchiver is my choice for an all around archiving utility.
Good for zipping programs and making them self-extracting exe's to put on k-lite :)
HERE (http://www.powerarchiver.com/) is their website.
BTW, it's on kaz. also.
Steve

[ObiWan]

i use WinZip, WinRAR and WinACE and they are all good but the buit in XP one is shit

[Wizzandabe]

I use winzip jsut for zip files, and winrar for unzipping a load of zips at one time, (faster i think).

[DarthInsinuate]

i just use winzip for fimilarity

[[B][O][T]]

I've been using WinZip for a long time, I don't need anything else....yet

BOT

[jakert50]

I've used WinZip for ages...and it's legally registered too! :P
If you're interested, WinZip is releasing version 9 beta, which includes a new compression format called "Maximum (enhanced deflate)". Apparently it compresses really good, and WinZip 8.1 is able to uncompress archives made in this format.
In my opinion, I say WinZip. It's too bad they can't add more compatible formats (like ACE, RAR, etc. support)

[McGee]

I like WinRar and WinZip

[zapjb]

WinRAR only. Wz is obsolete.

[Penis Monkey]

WinRAR is far superior to WinZip. Just look. WinZip can only (de)compress .zip files whereas WinRAR (de)compresses the lot.
PS. I downloaded WinAce from WinAce.com but it was in German. Not one word of English!

[Dead_LAN]

Well i currently use the beta version of WinZip 9.0, before that i was using WinZip 8.1 SR-1 and WinRAR 3.** (i don't remember) because it gives you more. I liked more WinZip 8.1 because it had nice GUI.

[N£MO]

Have used both winzip and winrar but i prefer winrar by far.

[Ynhockey]

I personally like WinZip better, but use WinRAR too and sometimes WinAce.

The good thing about WinZIP is speed. I don't wanna have to spend an extra 5 seconds for every megabyte on WinRAR just for that extra 1% compression. And once it took me 2 hours to compress a 1-CD movie (WinRAR), while it took 2 minutes with Zip. It's just: less time vs. better compression. So suit yourself