Reviews of WinRAR (64-bit)

1. 
   Enlightenment

   Reviewing 4.10 (Jan 18, 2012)

   WinRAR compresses WAV files better than competition.
2. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 4.00 (Mar 29, 2011)

   If you are going to purchase ANY archiving tool for regular stuff on the PC, I think WinRAR is absolutely the one to choose.
   
   It is a long established product with free lifetime upgrades (which many of us have been happily benefiting from for years now) and is consistently being developed in an intelligently managed way. The features chosen seem well thought out and the investment in code writing seems consistent and well thought out. It is not some "fly by night let's code to buzzwords so we get noticed" sort of development cycle, but a setup where they add features that matter and work to get them right along the way.
   
   I was so pleased with the 3.x series that I almost didn't think I would want to upgrade, but when I saw that the 4.x version would include some potentially big gains in extraction speed, I put this new native 64 bit version on my Windows 7 Professional 64 bit system (12 gig of RAM and a 6 core Intel processor) and so far, I'm impressed. So far it does seem noticeably faster at extracting these DVD ISO's that I've been ripping, which average about 2 gig each.
   
   I've been ripping television episodes from Stargate DVD's that we bought (Seasons 1 through 10) so that we can play them on our iPad 2. I have been using DVDFab HD Decrypter (free) to rip each episode to its own ISO file and then I will take those 22 eps and extract each of them to their own separate folder, which I then process with HandBrake to make M4V video files. It seems to go through them easily and when you are doing 44 gig of ISO's at a time, you can notice the difference. I have not done a full-on benchmark test, but maybe I will try that next.
   
   One of the things I like the best is the configurable Context Menu integration. I use Free Commander, a dual-pane file manager as my primary way to interface with the file system and all I have to do is select the 22 episode ISO's, right click on them and choose the "Extract each archive to separate folder" command and bam, it gets it done fast and error free.
   
   I use WinRAR frequently and really, really like it. I honestly think it is a must-buy for folks wanting a great archiving tool. Worth every penny and then some. Yeah, over the years I have become a WinRAR fanboy, and I'm proud to admit it. :)
   
   Great work!
3. 
   FatBastard

   Reviewing 4.00 (Mar 8, 2011)

   Winrar is great. The user interface needs an update though. I also wish they would release a graphical version for the Mac.
4. 
   Nightside

   Reviewing 4.00 Beta 4 (Jan 4, 2011)

   The best there is!
5. 
   war593122

   Reviewing 4.00 Beta 1 (Nov 15, 2010)

   4.0 beta changelog @ http://www.rarlab.com/rarnew.htm

Discuss WinRAR (64-bit)

1. Jun 11, 2009 - 7:51 AM
   Somnambulator

   anyone tested 64bit vs 32bit speeds?