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[rridgely]

The developers of winrar are offering it for free this sunday.
http://www.neowin.ne...howtopic=482722

I might download it just for the heck of it but I've been happy with zip genius.

[TheFiresInTheSky]

cool, ive been using it for a while but everytime i open up, i just get a little error box that i have to click out of.
great program though!

[devin!]

i agree its pretty good

[wgan]

I could be interested years ago, but now, so many free alternatives out there, 7zip, izarc, zip genius...
it is just not that attractive at this time though I might still download for the heck of FREE:)

[Eldmannen]

Thanks, but no thanks. I am happy with 7-Zip.
Free since day one.

[TwistedMetal]

I've been using TUGZip for about a year now and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[Andavari]

I've been using WinRAR for years and wouldn't pack or unpack anything without it! At least give it a try.

[JohnDemolition]

too bad they're offering version 3.51 and not 3.60

[JDPower]

Eldmannen, on Jul 29 2006, 09:54 AM, said:

Thanks, but no thanks. I am happy with 7-Zip.
Free since day one.

I'm a bit of a 7-zip fan too, opens everything I throw at it and has never let me down.

Has Winrar got any advantages over 7-zip?

[Andavari]

JDPower, on Jul 29 2006, 02:17 PM, said:

Has Winrar got any advantages over 7-zip?

• GUI.
  
• RAR archive format can have a recovery record from 1-10%.
  
• Backup compression profiles, which I have customized to do every single backup on my system, they're also ususable via a shortcut or in a batch file.
  
• Able to update and add files, even to solid archives.
  
• The ability to use HTML in SFX archives, e.g.; have a set font, bold text, coloured text, horizontial separation bar, etc.

Disadvantages:

• Not free, even if it's being offered for one day.
  
• RAR archive format is slower than the 7z format.
  
• 7z format typically has better compression ratios.

That's all I can think about it because I haven't fully dug into what 7-Zip can do, however if WinRAR disappeared or never existed I'd use 7-Zip.

I wonder which WinRAR website is going to host this:
Official International WinRAR website http://www.win-rar.com/ which I notice is down until 0:00 CET until Sunday 30th, or http://www.rarsoft.com/.

[JDPower]

Andavari, on Jul 30 2006, 01:16 AM, said:

I wonder which WinRAR website is going to host this:
Official International WinRAR website http://www.win-rar.com/ which I notice is down until 0:00 CET until Sunday 30th, or http://www.rarsoft.com/.

Its here: http://www.win-rar.c...overallutility/

[Tarun]

I actually switched from 7-Zip to IZArc today, and like it.

[Humpty]

JDPower, on Jul 30 2006, 01:16 AM, said:

Its here: http://www.win-rar.c...overallutility/

Seems the server is overwhelmed.

[JohnDemolition]

Andavari, on Jul 29 2006, 05:16 PM, said:

• GUI.

That's all I can think about it because I haven't fully dug into what 7-Zip can do, however if WinRAR disappeared or never existed I'd use 7-Zip.

ummm 7-Zip also has a GUI. it doesn't look as great as WinRAR's GUI but it gets the job done.

also, i'm not sure about this, but i don't think that WinRAR supports 64-bit systems while 7-Zip does. you can even achieve faster compression with 7-Zip running under it

[wgan]

Tarun, on Jul 30 2006, 01:31 AM, said:

I actually switched from 7-Zip to IZArc today, and like it.

izarc is pretty good never let me down except once, but by this time, the future of izarc is not clear, it seems the author is gonna to rewrite it.

[Andavari]

JohnDemolition, on Jul 29 2006, 09:22 PM, said:

ummm 7-Zip also has a GUI. it doesn't look as great as WinRAR's GUI but it gets the job done.

Yes I'm aware 7-Zip has a GUI.

Humpty, on Jul 29 2006, 09:11 PM, said:

Seems the server is overwhelmed.

Yup! Too bad it's just for one day only and is only on one website because allot of people that want it may not end up getting it.

Try the free offer page http://www.win-rar.c...overallutility/ in Internet Explorer, it takes forever to load but at least IE doesn't give up on attempting to load the page like Opera and Firefox do.

[Tarun]

Hah, the key is the exact same.

[JDPower]

Andavari, on Jul 30 2006, 06:08 AM, said:

Explorer, it takes forever to load but at least IE doesn't give up on attempting to load the page like Opera and Firefox do.

I use the Try Again Firefox extension, automatically reloads the page and usually brings the page up correctly at first attempt in my experience.