Can any tell me how the newest Win Zip compairs to the newest Winrar?

[RC]

I see that Winzip has some new type of lossless algorithm allowing a
great deal of lossless compression.
I've always favored Rar (every since I gave up Arj) because it had
better compression and IMHO it was just better all around.

So can WinZip really compress Jpgs in a significant manors and do it
better than Rar?
What about Pdf files, Can the new WinZip compress these also?


Thank

Ron

 

[Franc Zabkar]

So can WinZip really compress Jpgs in a significant manors and do it
better than Rar?

Can *any* software significantly compress an already highly compressed
file?

What about Pdf files, Can the new WinZip compress these also?

Some PDFs are already compressed, others are not. Some PDFs are text
based, others incorporate scanned documents. I suspect you are asking
an impossible question.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[meow2222]

I see that Winzip has some new type of lossless algorithm allowing a
great deal of lossless compression.
I've always favored Rar (every since I gave up Arj) because it had
better compression and IMHO it was just better all around.

So can WinZip really compress Jpgs in a significant manors and do it
better than Rar?
What about Pdf files, Can the new WinZip compress these also?


Thank

Ron

IME 7-zip is far better


NT