Portable Azureus

[calm_observer]

Yes.

yes, jit will not help any of the problems you have described.

...memory usage almost always grows to a sizable percentage of the max heap...

automatic garbage collection?

...Windows virtual memory system doesn't seem to work well with Java apps...

are they using their own manager?

...when they are loaded back from the harddisk, it is always done in small bits and pieces...

swapping at the object level?

[webfork]

Very old thread update:

So there is a Portable Vuze (formerly Azureus) now. Its not free and was created from an also non-free Thinstall-like program called Ceedo discussed here on the forums quite a while ago.

Edit: I'll move this thread over to the Payware section.

[joby_toss]

Last time I tried Azureus it was so bloated that I couldn't care less about its performance...