WinZip or 7Zip


  1. HAVOC
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    WinZip or 7Zip


    What's generally used amongst the forum?
    Had 7Zip on the CD for my motherboard so I installed that.
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  3. Brink
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    I personally like the 9.32 alpha version of 7-Zip.

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  4. boohbah
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    winrar for me. :)
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  6. ShamrockRig
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    Winrar for me as well but if some files dont open with winrar they will for sure open with 7zip so i keep both handy!:)
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  7. Alejandro85
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    WinZip is for sure the most limited compression program out there, and is the one with the poorest ratios in their native format too. Given the options, I would go directly for 7Zip.

    My personal preference since many years ago is WinRar, which is quite similar to 7Zip, with a few different features.
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  8. pbcopter
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    7-Zip for me.
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  10. LMiller7
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    Be aware that WinZip is a commercial product. It is not free.
    I see that WinZip also sells a registry cleaner. Another strike against it.

    My file manager has built in support for ZIP and RAR but when more is needed I use 7-Zip.
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  11. HAVOC
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    A lot of votes for 7zip. Looks like I'll be installing that on the rest of my computers.
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  12. Layback Bear
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    Brink said:
    I personally like the 9.32 alpha version of 7-Zip.

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  13. Golden
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    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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    7-Zip. The compression ratio when you use the .7z format is far superior to anything else that I've come across.
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