Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:WinRAR has uses, for example, extracting out of various SFX archives and dodgey archive formats etc.  WinRAR has a much nicer interface too, like drag-dropping etc.

7zip can extract out of SFX archives. And as with dodgey archive formats, it depends on how dodgey.

It's limited.  It can extract from some Deflate and LZMA based SFX archives, but ones, such as those based on Microsoft's CAB format (which most InstallShield installers use) can't be extracted by 7zip.

Assassinator Wrote:WinRAR does have a better interface though. BUT unless if u pay, or get a crack, it shows this annoyinh message when u load it, and i really can't be screwed getting a crack when i have to get a new one each time it updates.

Don't update, that's what I do.  I mean, what do you get when you update?

Assassinator Wrote:7zip compresses strictly better than WinRAR in almost every situation. So I'm not bothering with WinRAR and getting cracks and stuff.

Not everyone can extract from 7z archives.  I used to distribute my programs in 7z, but it seems many people have issues extracting from it.  Only more recent versions of WinRAR support it, and they seem to have issues with solid 7z archives.
The other part is that deflate isn't as resource taxing as LZMA.

(This post was last modified: 19/06/2007 02:18 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)