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[Ryan Wagner]

7-zip is supposed to have better compression...if you use the "7z" compression method. That is much the same as in WinRAR where if you use the RAR compression you will get better compression. I tend to just stick with the normal ZIP format because I like being able to uncompress it anywhere without having to worry about installing a utility.

[OldManDeath]

I tend to just stick with the normal ZIP format because I like being able to uncompress it anywhere without having to worry about installing a utility.

Makes sense.  If I compress something that will be going to someone, I use .zip.  I only use WinRar to uncompress stuff.

[wolfe]

Great thread!  Personally I'd pay for both Roboform desktop and USB/mobile verson in a jiff!  Both of these have solved my long standing problems of porting data (Notes, information etc) as well as security and auto-logins at the same time providing security against key loggers etc.  I say this because quite many times I had to go out of country and had to use "stranger" computers to do online banking etc.  Every time I had to do that I hated the fact I had no idea if the computer I was using was safe or not.  Roboform2Go remedies that problem.

Another program that I'd pay for is O&O defrag.  I've also recently purchased Microsoft OneNote.  I think it's a great program to take meeting notes etc at work (or even at home).  A good desktop dictionary is also a good candidate (I recently purchased MS Encarta but I'm not too impress with it; They used to have better functionality in old bookshelf 98 where you could simply select a word in any open window like Word or browser and by clicking on tray icon of bookshelf a small stylish thin window would open with the meaning! very nifty!).

BTW, speaking of Zip apps, checkout secureZip.  They are giving out free licenses presently http://securezip.com/  The best thing about this program is that its encryption is very strong (AES, blowfish 256) and it can even encrypt filenames!

[Ryan Wagner]

I used to have Microsoft OneNote when I had a Tablet PC, and it was great for that, but I don't think I would like it for typing out notes. O&O Defrag is something I used for a little bit when I was on XP, but Vista seems to do a pretty good job with the defrag so I don't feel a need to have that anymore.

[satur9]

Software I think is worth its money:

• FeedDemon
• Music Collector and Book Collector (although I'd probably wouldn't buy this now, as their support has deteriorated and I'm very disappointed with the most recent paid upgrade of Book Collector)
• DVD Profiler

All the other software I use is free software.

[Ryan Wagner]

I use FeedDemon as well, and I don't think any other programs could let me read through 20,000 feed items in the time that I do right now. It was well worth the money.

[leland]

One app I could not do without and did pay for was Directory Opus http://www.gpsoft.com.au/.  It's a file manager, but it is much more than that for the individual who can see it for what it really is.  It can tie apps together, it can take command line apps and make it easy to process files using a button or menu item in Opus.  It more than pays for itself every day at my job where I use it to manage a network.  And the new version has a portable license I paid $10 for so I can take it with me anywhere I go. 

Other apps I have paid for over the years are WinRAR, Radmin, Nero, and Online Eye Pro (to monitor network traffic on an SNMP router).  I am quite choosy about what I will pay for, but if I find a quality product I find myself needing on a regular basis I will usually go for it if I can't find a free alternative.

Leland

[Ryan Wagner]

I had used Radmin for awhile until I came across the free LogMeIn. I love having the service completely accessible through any browser, and you don't have to sit there and try to configure port forwarding.