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Gizmo

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Posted: 12:32pm 23 Jan 2012
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OK, pet peeve, RAR files!

RAR is like ZIP, it's a way to compress files. It has some nice features, but it's not natively supported on Windows PC's, you need to download and install a program to open a RAR file.

ZIP however is natively supported on Windows PC's since XP, and most other OS's like Linus and Apple. You dont need to download and install a program to use ZIP files.

If you upload a file to share, use ZIP, not RAR. Most people can not open a RAR file unless they download and install WinRAR or somthing like that.

RAR = some people can open it, most cant.
ZIP = just about everyone can open it.

Glenn
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