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Last Rated: January 18, 2007
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BEST BUY!
Price when rated: $20,
Compressed test-file size: 87%,
Compression speed: Very Good,
Ease of archive creation: Very Good,
Ease of archive extraction: Superior,
PCW Rating: 83 Very Good,
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Bottom Line: Versatile, easy-to-use app provides numerous archive formats and encryption support, plus a range of useful, integrated tools.
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Last Rated: January 18, 2007
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Price when rated: Free,
Compressed test-file size: 88%,
Compression speed: Poor,
Ease of archive creation: Good,
Ease of archive extraction: Superior,
PCW Rating: 81 Very Good,
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Bottom Line: This free alternative generally competes well against its commercial competition.
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Last Rated: January 18, 2007
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Price when rated: $25,
Compressed test-file size: 89%,
Compression speed: Superior,
Ease of archive creation: Good,
Ease of archive extraction: Very Good,
PCW Rating: 79 Good,
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Bottom Line: StuffIt delivers strong archive management and encryption options, but suffers from a few usability annoyances.
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Last Rated: January 18, 2007
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Price when rated: $29,
Compressed test-file size: 89%,
Compression speed: Very Good,
Ease of archive creation: Very Good,
Ease of archive extraction: Superior,
PCW Rating: 76 Good,
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Bottom Line: WinRAR is the only program capable of creating RAR files. It boasts powerful automation and command-line tools.
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Last Rated: January 18, 2007
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Price when rated: $30,
Compressed test-file size: 86%,
Compression speed: Poor,
Ease of archive creation: Good,
Ease of archive extraction: Superior,
PCW Rating: 74 Good,
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Bottom Line: WinZip 11 retains a familiar interface but lacks some advanced tools. Its strongest ZIP compression option can't be extracted by any program except WinZip 10 or 11.
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