Any strategies to get up and running after Apple wiped out HD

Luckily I backed up my drive with Restrospect before my computer died and Apple replaced the HD and reinstalled 10.4. Now I have a brand new OS but want to get my things back the way they were.
Anyone have any strategies to minimize the downtime? Replace my entire "home" directory with the old one? Replace my Applications folder? How would I get my mail files back but in the new Mail client? I don't want to disrupt too much of what's on there already, just get back my old stuff.
I think Retrospect can wipe your drive and bring it back to the way it was, but I want to take advantage of this clean install. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

I think, first off, the Retrospects archives are a poor way to backup.. Make bootable clones from freeware Carbon Copy Cloner, and you can actually boot from the backup, and then clone back.
I am not certain how to specifically get back what you want from the Retrospect archive, Is it selected items? Is it the entire drive? You may want to install Retrospect on another machine, hook your up in Target Mode, and then either erase yours, and put back the Retrospect items (if it's the entire drive), or put back the selected items from the archive.

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