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WinZip 11 (standard)
WinZip Computing WinZip 11 (Front)
WinZip Computing WinZip 11 (Front)
WinZip Computing WinZip 11
74.0 Good
Last updated
January 18, 2007
Hands On Reviewed by
Lincoln Spector
Pros
  • Excellent Best Method compression
  • Familiar interface
Cons
  • Best compression cannot be extracted by other apps
Review
Test Report
Pricing
Full Specifications

Price when rated - $30

Design and usability - Very Good: 80

Ease of archive creation - Good
Ease of archive extraction - Superior
Documentation - Fair

Performance - Very Good: 85

Compressed test-file size - 86%
Archive-creation speed - Poor

Features - Fair: 66

Supported archive-creation formats - .zip, encoded files (uuencode, xxencode, yENC, BinHex, MIME)
Supported archive-exctraction formats - .zip, .rar, .bin, bz2, .cab, .tar, .taz/.tgz, .as, .ntx, .tz, encoded files (uuencode, xxencode, yENC, BinHex, MIME); .arj, arc, and .lzh support requires external programs
Encryption options - AES-256, ZIP 2.0
Tool for searching within archives - ZIP search is built into Windows
Automated backups - No
Help wizards - Yes
Command-line support - No
Self-extracting executable creation - Yes
Split-volume creation - Yes
Integrated image preview - Yes
Microsoft Office integration - No
Integrated FTP capabilities - No
Customizable interface/skin support - No
Supported operating systems - Windows 2000, XP
Multiple language versions available - Yes
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