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General Software Discussion / Re: MagicRAR Drive Press - worth anything?
« on: March 18, 2013, 03:12 AM »Hi Zatronium --
I've spoken to the author of Comprexx and he is in fact teamed up with the MagicRar folks -- so that's why you are noticing that it's the same underlying system. They are created by same author.-mouser (March 17, 2013, 11:19 AM)
Thanks for the info, glad to hear that it's not simply stolen. I actually enjoyed the CompreXX program a lot when I used it years ago. I switched over to 7-Zip because their UI had become less buggy and more functional than CompreXX. I honestly think this program could be a prime competitor in the compression niche with more fixes to the old code and some more updates to the UI. So it would be nice if Simon could pick up where MimarSinan left off instead of adding useless bloat to the program and renaming everything else "Simon King;" it just comes off as conceited and obnoxious.
This Drive Press thing is a gimmicky tool reminiscent of DriveSpace; the latter of which has already been considered obsolete for over a decade. Even if it does have any relevance, it's going to be considered obsolete again soon. Drive Press damages the drive to achieve space savings which may not even be realized on SSD controllers that already utilize compression. This simply isn't a good practice - especially with how rapidly SSD cost per GB is dropping. If it's really that much of an issue then you should buy an internal HDD instead, because you'll be spending more money due to the wear on your SSD regardless.