winrar vs winzip...

[jimmyhaha]

seems winrar is smaller and has more functionality than winzip ?

comment, experience, advice ?

thanks ...

 

[killface]

I only use winrar now and love it. I used to use Winzip, but it's too in-your-face. I just wanted a lite program that will do what I need. I didn't want to deal with any helper-wizards and a "pretty" GUI.

WinAce is very good too.

 

[iamwiz82]

winace is my preference.

 

[TheVrolok]

I personally use WinZip but I hear a program called PowerArchive is really really nice and widely compatible with multiple types of archives.. I'll probably DL it soon and give it a shot.

 

[yakko]

Winrar for speed and Winace when I need to compress it as much as possible.

 

[dakata24]

winrar is what i use for everything except .ace which i use winace for.. but i do have winzip installed just incase.

 

[Nocturnal]

i like winxp's winzip program. then again, for large files, and things with tons of zips or rars, i prefer winace. but i hear that winzip can do multiple unzipping files now.

 

[Elledan]

<< I only use winrar now and love it. I used to use Winzip, but it's too in-your-face. I just wanted a lite program that will do what I need. I didn't want to deal with any helper-wizards and a "pretty" GUI. >>


Ditto.

 

[Pepsei]

anyone knows the trick to unzip multiple files? let's say i have 10 zipped files i want to extra all of them to a directory at once...

i know how to do it using 'dos' and pkunzip.exe, but is there a way to do it in windows? i'm sick of clicking on each zip files...

 

[NeoMadHatter]

winrar is awesome, but for everything else, winace.

 

[tops2]

<<anyone knows the trick to unzip multiple files? let's say i have 10 zipped files i want to extra all of them to a directory at once...

i know how to do it using 'dos' and pkunzip.exe, but is there a way to do it in windows? i'm sick of clicking on each zip files... >>

in winrar, i just select all of the files, then click on extract
haven't tried it in winace
don't know how to do it in winace

 

[tcsenter]

I use Winzip for small stuff of several megabytes or less. WinRAR for larger things or when I want to split into multiple file chunkies. I also like WinRAR's SFX creator better than Winzip, so if I'm not sure whether a person I want to share the file with has WinRAR, I'll build a self-extracting archive.

 

[hoihtah]

winrar... all the way.
been using it for years.

 

[jonMEGA]

WinRAR

 

[JACKHAMMER]

<< winace is my preference >>

 

[KokomoGST]

<< winrar... all the way.
been using it for years. >>

It just flat out works!

 

[rh71]

Winace for a long while... then discovered the free PowerArchiver. Version 7 of powerarchiver is shareware... but it still kicks ass.

 

[slunk]

WinAce!

 

[LordMaul]

PowerArchiver.

 

[Martin]

WinAce all the way.

By far the best one of them all!

 

[DanFungus]

WinRAR.....I'd be stupid NOT to!

 

[Ameesh]

what a ridiculous thread...

 

[no0b]

<< what a ridiculous thread... >>


what a ridiculous way to up your post count

 

[SinNisTeR]

winrar easy...

 

[BCYL]

I use WinRAR...

It's less bloated than winzip, but does more... and it does everything I need (ie. zip, rar)...