This is beyond my skills, but I thought I would toss out the idea in case it hasn’t been considered yet. I ran across a "
Wiki on your thumb drive" article the other day and thought such an idea would be a great way to let novices test MODx without needing to setup a subdomain or know the technical aspects of setting up an local server.
I found a couple articles of similar topic discussing Drupal.
From Drupal Dojo: Drupal Live!
http://planet-soc.com/node/556
Getting a Web Server to run on a USB drive.
http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2007/aug/03/getting-web-server-run-usb-drive
I don’t know about anyone else, but I would love to be have a simple to install (primarily for Windows) MODx system that I could carry around on a thumb drive in my pocket. Aside from the demo aspects for MODx, it would also be my preference for a pocket database (given the alternatives like Wiki, Drupal, etc.).