MojoPac is an alternative to U3 that allows installation of any Windows program without modification, as is required in U3.

You should note that the current version of the software requires admin access to the host system (don't know why they are pitching it for something like an internet cafe that would never give you that level of access). There are also several features listed as coming in versions 1.1 or 2.0, so this looks pretty new.

software like this can really make our job (and probably millions (billions?)) of others much simpler. No more lugging laptops around with one everywhere.

it does seem strange that you will need admin access to the XP machine. That could be problematic. I would also be concerned with security and if using this software on another machine leaves any trace.

Still, it is a fantastic idea and if it truly works as advertised, better bet on stocks of this company

It definitely works in the manner like Softricity Softgrid - the company that MS bought, but different in some important ways.

It does seem to work as advertised, although their readme files have more and more caveats. The biggest one is that you can't access the host computer's hard drives from the MojoPac. It does, however, have a function for copying the My Documents and config stuff from a host.

On a certain level, it's like starting with a new machine because the Mojo is just like a fresh Windows install - no applications. You have to install all of the applications you want, which makes sense.

It's a bit ugly on the removable drive since it puts itself at the root with a bunch of folders you'd normally see on a computer's C drive (Windows, Program Files, Documents and Settings, etc.). Its good if it would install itself to a sub-directory instead.

It isn't clear yet how isolated the Mojo and the host really are. For example, they seem to share a clipboard so you can copy-and-paste between them.

It's important to note that it doesn't protect your data at all - unless you have some encryption technology on your drive, anyone who picks it up can read all of your files stored in Mojo without any password. A password is required to start Mojo, but that doesn't really protect anything.

While one wouldn't want to make a Mojo primary system (it's easy to lose or break your portable drive), one could see buying this software, especially if they work out running as a non-admin in v2.

It's pretty promising so far.