I still remember when i had my first computer (Back in 2001) i always used WinZip, like a year or two later i started using WinRar and i've never looked back again. WinRar works perfectly and have never failed me so why change it.
I remember finding a minor useful feature of Peazip that 7-zip did not have, just can't remember what it was though, but have used Peazip for a long time.
7-Zip has everything I need I use 7-Zip to encrypt my archived files, and to unzip certain file types. I like 7-Zip because it has all the features I need, with no over done UI.
Yes, you've already stated that in a post in this very thread... you really like the preach the software you use. Yes I do, reason being that it compresses zip files better than WinZip. I'm not interested in other obscure formats such as 7z or RAR, rather stick with the commonly used one.
Yes, I use it alongside PeaZip (based on 7-Zip, with some extra features like archive conversion, password manager, secure delete), as 7z format has strong encryption and very efficient compression - high compression ratio but good speed on multi-core PCs. If you have to stay on zip format instead for compatibility reasons, 7-Zip handles it well and provides optimized compression, so zip files are smaller than ones created by WinRar or WinZip but still compatible with any other archive manager.
Yes I do. Why not? - it's free, constantly undergoing enhancements and maintaining OS compatibility by the developer, and it works great. TS
7-Zip was a godsend when I discovered it many years ago. Before that, I'd been stuck with WinRAR and Winzip and all the others. Never liked them, and archives were always a pain to deal with.
It would have been a better poll to ask what archiving utility we use. I use WinRAR. Light and simple.
Tried the rest. 7zip is the best & is FOSS. Edit: LOL. Just remembered I used to send my friends 7z files & links to 7z files so they'd have to use it. Still do *mostly* cause that's how I roll (files that is).
Does anyone know of a good archive file compression comparison chart? I thought Wikipedia used to have one, but although they have a lot of information about various archive file types, they don't seem to show compression comparisons for the various archive file types.
When I first started using the computer I used WinZip, then I got interested in compression, so I looked around and try a few others. I always came back to 7-zip.
I use 7-Zip Portable because it is stable, has the features I need, doesn't waste system resources and doesn't require money. Support for decompressing .rar and .7z, for example.
I find it easier to use because of the context menu. And, of course it handles other formats as was mentioned above. I wish they'd update the really dated-looking UI though. All it would take is a handful of icons.