Tricks/tips for temporary Restore to a borrowed computer?

This may be a better question for an Adobe support discussion, but I will try it here first:
My MacBook died and I have ordered a new one which won't arrive for some time. In the meantime, I have access to someone else's computer (same model and Leopard OS) on which I want to continue working on a project using my Adobe CS3 applications (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop).
I know how to retrieve selected working documents from my Time Machine backup, but apps like Adobe's have all sorts of hidden files in locations I don't necessarily know how to find.
When I do a full restore to my new MacBook, this isn't going to be an issue, but does someone know a way (short of a fresh installation of CS3 to the borrowed computer) to load the applications I need from my TM backup?
The goal is two-fold:
1) To be able to temporarily work on the loaner using my Adobe apps and files; and
2) To not muck up the loaner, so I can return it to its owner without having overwritten, altered, or otherwise mucked with its configuration state at the time I borrowed it.
Is this possible?
Perhaps if I set up a new User account on the borrowed MacBook, is there a way to restore application-related system files unique to one designated User's account?

Hey thanks, all, for the replies, and sorry I didn't acknowledge them before. I had notifications turned off and thought no one had wanted to help me!!
Your answers were correct. Fortunately that nightmare is all behind me and I'm on a fab new MBPro with everything perfectly restored from my back-up. Now I'd rather never be reminded of the incident, thank you.
(I just wanted to come in and mark this as "answered.") thx.

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