Can't get into the Mac OS

I tried to download the new update to OS10, but the software update feature stalled. So I made it force quite. Then, next time I turned on the machine, it would not get to the Mac OS - screen turned grey and told me to turn off the machine and restart. I tried 4 times. I then restarted and went through bootcamp and started in windows fine.
I would appreciate any help.

I do not have the start up disks. I did not get any with my machine. Is that normal?
No. You should have gotten a set of Mac OS X installation disks with your computer.
I do have upgrade disks for my old power pc imacs with OS10.6. Would those work?
No. These disks do not contain the resources necessary to start up your computer.
Assuming the answer is no, I guess I have to bring the intel imac into the apple store, right?
Basically, yes. The only Mac OS X installation disk which is compatible with Intel machines that Apple sells separate from hardware is currently the Mac OS X 10.4 Server universal installer. If you go there, you should say that you didn't get installation disks with the machine.
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