Our good friend Kara spent some time getting MMA to work with Portable Python ... turns out it was very little time ... but only if you follow the right steps
I've put up detailed instructions at
http://mellowood.ca/mma/windows.html which show the steps. You can now put MMA and Portable Python on a USB stick and run it from any windows based computer without installing ... just plug and go. Very cool, especially if you run Windows.
Thanks, Kara!