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MagicRAR Drive Press - worth anything?

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Zatronium:
Found this thread on google while searching for something else. Thought it was a neat bit of software... Then I realized I've used this program before. It's a ripoff of CompreXX:












The compression comparison feature does work in CompreXX, I didn't install the entire package for the screenshot. It's a pain in the ass to uninstall.

In the other thread Simon says:
you will most probably find that MagicRAR Drive Press, due to its low level nature, is the most well tested component of the entire suite. Hunting bugs elsewhere would be a lot more rewarding for you, I promise
--- End quote ---

Yeah because he probably didn't write the code. Drive Press is the only thing he added, and it's questionable whether he wrote that himself. Not to mention Drive Press literally kills your SSD and makes HDDs run slower.

Both this thread and the other one are basically redirecting people to stolen software, unless Simon can prove that he owns the rights to Comprexx.

mouser:
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.

Curt:
Did any of you ever test the program?  :-\
Did you know that MagicRAR is a Microsoft BizSpark startup company?

If you want to test the program, you can have a free license key now, right "now":

[Giveaway] MagicRAR 8.5 The Next-Generation Archiver for Windows FREE for 1 Week
-NotebookReview.com
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-the "1 week" is ending tonight, Sunday 17th March 2013, European American time

http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/711617-giveaway-magicrar-8-5-next-generation-archiver-windows-free-1-week.html

http://www.promaxum.com/testimonials.html
http://www.magicrar.com/awards.html

tomos:
Did any of you ever test the program?  :-\-Curt (March 17, 2013, 02:51 PM)
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did you miss f0dder's in depth testing?
(In this and another thread)

mwb1100:
Interesting that the 'reviewer' in the notebookreview.com posted left by Curt has the user name, mimarsinan, which is a name also associated with CompreXX that Zatronium and Mouser pointed out is largely the same code as MagicRAR.  Yet mimarsinan's post doesn't mention any affiliation with MagicRAR.

MagicRAR may well be useful software, but I'm not left with the best feeling about it.

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