I voted for winrar
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I voted for winrar
I use winrar a lot, so RAR, but I like 7z as I use it sometimes with my backups.
7zip has better compression, but rar seems to more widely used. So, I use it too.
always use rar
I use WinRAR, and the .rar format. I guess The Scene has influenced me too much.
I also voted for RAR.
I use the command line versions of them. WinRAR is free this way and 7z is great for automatic archival and stuff.
Technically, I;m using both and I have no problems with archive formats getting replaced.
$5 to whoever can tell me why this thread was created :happy:
7zip better compression ratio
Definitely RAR.
WinRAR seems to have better features than 7zip.
rar soupports 128bits AES encryption
7zip soupports 256bits AES encryption
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7zip better compression ratio
- it is free for personal and commercial use
- it has better encryption
- Self-Extracting Archives are much flexible than in RAR
- it is smaller in size and lightwieght in memory footprint
So, are we using programs because they are popular?Quote:
RAR is more popular...
Perhaps winrar has more features but I don't you use them all. This is an archiver and it contains everything related to archives. Not fancy stuff.
If you pack 7-zip app with compressed archive, you still have smaller file than rar =)