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I'm not usually passionate enough to stir up the debate, but Ed Bott started it this morning with his Corel completes destruction of WinZip post. Like Ed, I've been a WinZip user for years - since Windows 3.1. I appreciated that my initial registration fee would apply to all subsequent versions - until the most recent version. Then, the world started to distribute RAR files, and WinZip was all like "WTF?" and I was all like "Yeah, it's another compression format." If you only have enough room for one compressed file manager, WinRAR should be it.

On this machine, I have both WinZIP and WinRAR installed - but the next PC will only have WinRAR. It does everything WinZip does - and does it faster. I still don't like the WinRAR interface as much as WinZip, but at least WinRAR is skinnable. WinRAR's nag isn't as naggy, either (although I've registered it so I don't see that anyway). And if that doesn't win you over, remember that WinRAR can read and extract from ISO file. In fact, I don't think that (in practice) I've ever had a time when WinRAR couldn't unpack a file for me. Face it, folks - WinZip is dead.
I have personally tended to use Winrar, due to its ability to not only open but also create rar files (winzip now has support to extract rar files but not to create them).

however, if i were you, i'd try out the newest archiver in town - kgb archiver.

it has the highest compression of all - with the ability to shrink a 500mb office 2007 enterprise into an amazing 1.4mb!

it does take a long time to create its kgb files, but the high compression ratio is worth it.

it's not only the ability to create kgb files that i love about this program. first, and foremost, it's FREE.

secondly, it also has the ability to create a wide range of other archives, and i have actually noticed that a rar archive created with kgb archiver has a higher compression ratio than the best compression of winrar.

it is portable, so you can chuck it on your usb and use it on the go. also, it isn't very large - taking up no more than 20mb space.

finally, it can extract a range of archive extensions. so far, i have not come across an archive that kgb cannot open.

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