Downloaded iTunes 7.7 - now macbook won't start. Help!

Hi,
I downloaded five or six updates from mac this morning - one of which was iTunes 7.7. I then got an error message saying that the download hadn't worked and the files had been sent to my trash. I then got a message asking me to restart the computer. Next, the computer wouldn't turn off to restart so I pressed the power button to turn it off. And now it won't turn on - the light comes on and the apple icon and that's it. I've tried starting it while pressing down the option and the safe key, and I've tried resetting PRAM but none of it works. What do I do now? Looking on other forums, I'm not the only person to have had this problem with Itunes 7.7

Try booting in Safe Mode.
Hold the shift key when you hear the chime on startup and don't let go until you see the spinning dial on the gray Apple screen.
If zapping the PRAM has been unsuccessful you might be looking at an Archive/Install.

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