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- toddomatic, on 05/20/2008, -15/+176Does anyone actually pay for WinZip or WinRAR? I've been using open source 7-zip for years, without a problem.
- atbnet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+69Probably the same people who pay for mIRC. If you like a piece of software and find it useful you might as well contribute to the cause even though they don't force you to unlike other programs.
- theatgrex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53Can someone please repost this on Sunday?
- borninda818, on 10/12/2007, -15/+58is 7-zip as good? I've never used it. Winrar is pissing me off,
- vdubski, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42If you right click a rar and extract it, you get no nag screen from WinRAR. Been using it that way for years.
- punkrockxtian, on 10/12/2007, -4/+41But the dupe nazis will attack!
- JohnM5, on 10/12/2007, -20/+56I think it is. I love 7-zip.
- taotaobabe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34Guys, the reason why WinRar is so popular is that it's the de facto standard for distributing 0day/warez (aka pirated) softwares, games, etc. lol
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_%28warez%29 for details.;) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30You are not everyone. Douche.
- kuratkull, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31hah, translated WinRAR to my language. got a free registration :)
- Kriz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26They're giving it away for free, and you still pirate it?
Such intelligent life to be found on the internet. - atbnet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25You downloaded Winrar you just get that nag screen everytime you use it.
- robotz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27Someone that isn't a complete software whore?
- SonnyW, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25For what tasks does 7zip perform better than winrar? I don't compress files often, but everytime I do need to winrar is both faster and more compact.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23You should see some of the machines in my office, they count for what seems like hours the number of days you have used winzip.. Funny actually.
- akira117, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22On day 469 of my 30 day trial......free lol...
- CatalystGhost, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21@Matt2k
What the hell? You have too many questions, and you act like a moron. His message was perfectly legible. Try learning the difference between "legible" and "comprehensible" before spouting off. No, wait, nevermind, just don't speak at all, because you're pretty much just a flaming idiot. Your "blithering retard" bit is much more apt for yourself rather than misterjangles.
Even with all of that, it's perfectly understandable what he means by an independent company. He means a company independent of major corporations. Smaller groups of programmers that are trying to earn an honest couple of dollars, and all that good stuff.
Oh, and by the way, what, precisely, is a "clownass"? I've never heard that insult before, and I'd love to hear how you came upon such a remarkably idiotic new word. - wicked9, on 10/12/2007, -11/+30http://www.extractnow.com/ also works nice. handles all of the formats, and free of course.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Looks like site is down, oh well here's version with the key
http://eazyshare.net/files/1376/wrar351.legal.special.offer.exe - shaolinpunks, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22"Does anyone actually pay for WinZip or WinRAR? I've been using open source 7-zip for years, without a problem."
Does anyone actually pay for WinZip or WinRAR? I've been using WinRar Trial for years, without a problem. - matt0817, on 10/12/2007, -12/+27i just use the never ending win-zip free trial
- pantuky, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17I just rubberband what I want to compress and right click, regardless of which compression I am using. I favor 7-Zip because:
1. It's 64 bit
2. Produces the smallest compressed files
3. Highly multithreaded
4. Free and legal.
I'm going to give Winrar another look. - geekThing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Note that it is not going free forever, just for one day on july 30th.
- fatsobob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16This is awesome, I am making a note of this so I can get my hands on a free LEGIT copy of WinRar
- sxreader, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18thank you. I kind of felt lonely.
- decay, on 10/12/2007, -8/+21WinRAR is alittle better, but ive been using it free already..., Maybe some of the features are locked in the everlasting trial.
I would give you a source but I forgot where I read, maybe Tomz? - trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19I've always used winrar with the little trial notice.. Never cared enough to crack/buy it.. It's not that annoying when you get used to the message :P
- ting, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I got my key here: http://www.win-rar.com/bestoverallutility
- CaughtThinking, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Winrar is an amazing program. So well done from so many angles. It is one of the FIRST programs I download on a new installation. After that, I'll get Winamp. Congrats to the Winrar team!
- slonkak, on 10/12/2007, -21/+337zip has better compression. The 7z compression is far superior to RAR. Oh, and did anyone mention it's free, always ;)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+24Who pays for winrar?
- TomP, on 10/12/2007, -13/+24fetusface: Who pays for anything?
- SystemHasFailed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Also note that it's a non-upgradable license. So when the new version of WinRAR comes out (soon) you'll have to pay for a full license.
- SystemHasFailed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I did.. and I paid for mIRC too. I want to support software that works and (for my needs anyway) works well. Besides, WinRAR registration isn't that expensive and it's a solid product.
- misterjangles, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14I try to always buy software that I use a lot and has a reasonable price. It's annoying to hear people mention that they never ever pay for software, as if it were totally a waste of money.
I do think some things are priced so high that there's no way the common person can afford them. For those I try to find a free alternative or, ehem, find some other way to use the software. he he. But I like to try to support independent companies. - aptget, on 10/12/2007, -15/+25sudo apt-get install unrar
Already free :) - culbeda, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Jesus Christ, people, enough with the pissing on the parades of others. If you like 7zip, that's great. You don't have to shout down and bury the posts of anyone that disagrees with you. I happen to prefer WinRAR to 7zip, as do many others. I'm excited about this news.
Respect that and move on.
Keep Digg beautiful! Respect your fellow Diggers! - Backlash, on 10/12/2007, -18/+28^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Thats such a noob comment... well i guess this is too :-s - tinkafoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Since everyone's hyping it, does 7-zip finally let you drag and drop, or have I been stuck in the dark ages?
- hemo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I use WinRAR for .rar-files.
For encryption, password protection and when I want to part an archive to fit somewhere (like x times 10 MB files). - dreimanis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10yes
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Are rarlabs.com and win-rar.com the same company?
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -8/+15I get a little sick of the 5-minute long nag screen that comes up every time you start it.
- nogami, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I've paid for WinRAR, it's well worth the money IMHO.
I also use it to distribute/install the software I write.
N. - TheRunes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I agree completely. For those who like WinRAR this is good news. Take your "7-zip is better" crap elsewhere. Just because you use it doesn't mean we need to.
- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8It's cool that everyone is spouting off how great the alternatives are, but when you're on a new box and need to install an archive compression program, who can remember the names of anything besides winzip and winrar? When you do a search for compression software, you get nothing but useless crap extortion^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hshareware.
WinRAR's been my friend for almost 10 years now. Thank god, I can finally own a full version of it ;) - zelph, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Since it wasn't listed here yet, 7-zip is located at http://www.7-zip.org/
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I mean, 3.51? I'm taking advantage of multithreaded decompression with WinRAR 3.60 Beta 8.
- Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I don't find archive sizes too problematic these days, especially not when they're relatively speaking as small as RAR vs 7-zip. So then I rather go for features, and then WinRAR excels compared to both 7-zip and that horrid WinZip. It's also quite fascinating that WinRAR doesn't cost more than WinZip. :-p
- mike.nealey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Thanks for the link zolookas, your the greastest!!! Seems to be working for me so far. I replaced your key with my own, but it looks like the keys are the same anyway. Thanks again.
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