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  2.                        COMPACTOR?  
  3.                        STUFFIT DELUXE?
  4.                        DIAMOND?
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  8.                     I've seen so many tests comparing archiving programs, but none of them were really comparable to the system I'm using.  Most of the time, they are made under the finder which I think is truly useless while most of us are using MultiFinder.  I just like the idea to have a file archived while I'm typing away in MS Word or anything else, I just don't like to sit in front of my Mac waiting for a file to be compresed.  So here it is! : 
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  10. System Used:
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  12.  ‚Ä¢ Mac SE/30,  5 MB RAM, Sytem 6.0.5, running MS Word 4.0 (active window), 
  13. Hermes 1.0 (in the background)
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  15. Archiving Programs Used:
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  17.  ‚Ä¢ Compactors 1.21
  18.  ‚Ä¢ StuffIt Deluxe 1.01 ( with all optmizers on, better compression on)
  19.  ‚Ä¢ Diamond 5.1
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  21. Type of file used for the tests:
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  23.  ‚Ä¢ Microphone II v 3.0  ( 43 Files in a folder )  :  2007 K
  24.  ‚Ä¢ Sounds in a SuitCase  :  417 K
  25.  ‚Ä¢ ClipArts ( bitmaps, Postcripts, Eps...)  :  1100 K
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  28. KBYTES SAVING CHART :
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  54. COMPRESSION TIME CHART :
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  81.                 Do I need to say more?
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  83.             Compactor is the fastest and compress better than the others on almost all tupe of files...but let's be fair and have a closer look at your contestants:
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  88. -PROS-
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  92. ¬†                                              Compactor 1.21:
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  94.                                                 -Fast
  95.                                                 -Reliable
  96.                                                 -Multifinder friendly
  97.                                                 -Encryption
  98.                                                 -Password protection
  99.                                                 -Amazing compression
  100.                                                 -Can open StuffIt Classic files
  101.                                                 -Easy to use interface
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  104. ¬†                                                         StuffIt Deluxe 1.01:
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  106.                                                             -Fair Compression
  107.                                                             -Text Viewer, PICT Viewer
  108.                                                             -Scripting
  109.                                                             -Encryption capability
  110.                                                             -Password protection
  111.                                                             -Segmenting
  112.                                                             -Can move files inside an archive
  113.                                                             -Optimizers
  114.                                                             -Comments with signature
  115.                                                             -DeArc, UnZip, UnHex, UnPack
  116.                                                             -Easy to use interface ( fancyt too! )
  117.                                                             -Magic Menu INIT that lets you Stuff
  118.                                                              and Unstuff from the Finder
  119.                                                             -Virus detection
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  122. ¬†                                   Diamond 5.1:
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  124.                                         -Good Compression
  125.                                         -Segmenting
  126.                                         -Password compression
  127.                                         -Encryption
  128.                                         -Keeps exact Finder info ( dates, color, position...)
  129.                                         -Very reliable
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  135. -CONS-
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  138. Compactor 1.21:
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  140. -No segmenting
  141. -Auto-extract not reliable
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  143. StuffIt Deluxe 1.01
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  145. -Slow  compressing
  146. -Slow down the Mac under multifinder
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  148. Diamond 5.1
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  150. -Very slow compressing
  151. -Not really MultiFinder compatible
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  154.                     What do I think?  Well if you want something fancy and full of features: go for StuffIt Deluxe, but if you're looking for efficiency, like I do, choose Compactor. Another important point that you should consider is that StuffIt Deluxe is commercial while Compactor is shareware , which means that major servers such as CIS will probably choose Compactor for new archive standard.
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