The reason WinRAR was useful to me allllllll those years ago was for one thing and one thing only: You could split an archive into chunks. So mostly I found that it was good for getting my warez in 1.44MB chunks.
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JewGoblin@lemmy.world 8 months agodoesn’t WinRAR do certain things the 7zip doesn’t?
I can’t think of what 7zip lacks, but I know it does lack some features
Krudler@lemmy.world 8 months ago
TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com 8 months ago
Anon: hey Krudler, do you have a cracked copy of GTA3
Krudler: say no more, friend
Sends 350 floppy disks with the cracked game
PoliteGhost@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes. That splitting files was especially useful because emails used to have attachment size limits.
Krudler@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No no no no
It was primarily used to post to USENET.
Back in the day, every byte of data was precious and bandwidth was insanely limited, nobody would ever email an attachment for that… which would end up doubling in size as it went through the pipes.
Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 8 months ago
Afaik, the only thing 7Zip lacks in comparison to WinRAR is the ability to create rar files, and that’s only because the format is proprietary.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 8 months ago
this is true I actually needed to get winrared to install a free game I acquired lately 7:00 would not open it properly for some reason
stillwater@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Yes, WinRAR asks for money.
scottywh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly!
And it’s the only thing WinRAR does that 7zip doesn’t… Besides all the things 7zio does better… Like compression… 😂
pascal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I love WinRAR, but you’re right here: …github.io/peazip-compression-benchmark.html
scottywh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No one with a brain loves winrar
JewGoblin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
lol