![]() It's decent but not great in every category: for example, its menu system and integration with Windows Explorer works well enough but aren't particularly smooth or intuitive. Indeed, that's largely the story of 7-Zip. It's not as lightning-fast as some of the commercial options however. The program is quick enough to zip files: on a decent-specification Windows 7 machine it managed to process around 180 Megabytes in a minute. ![]() In practice its zipped files are indeed consistently smaller, though by how much is very variable and dependent on the type of file concerned. The main selling-point of the application is a custom 7z format which is billed as creating files up to 40 percent smaller than those of more common zipping techniques. ![]() It's also capable of working with a wide variety of formats, including a couple that are mainly used on Linux computers, making this a handy utility for those with a dual-boot set-up. There's certainly nothing to complain about with the software: it works reliably and doesn't cause any performance problems or crashes. 7-Zip certainly holds its own but it struggles to stand out on anything but price. ![]() As faster internet connections and bigger hard drives mean files sizes continue to increase, the world of zipping utilities is a crowded market.
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