Macbook useless after itunes update

So i installed the itunes update this morning and now my Macbook wont open any applications at all. Everything looks fine upon startup, but as soon as I click ANYTHING the beachball comes up and that's that. I can't force quit or shut down without holding down the power button.
I tried resetting the PRAM, safe startup, disc repair and nothing has worked. I can't delete any preferences in the library either because I can't even get to them. Any ideas besides a full re-install?

>Lion is only a update of snow leopard and is not
What makes you say that? Both are distinguishable from the predecessors based on the CPUs they will run on, and the amount of RAM they will run on. Both are paid for purchases from Apple.
Lion requires 2 GB of RAM and 7 GB of hard disk free. It also got rid of Rosetta, and CoreDuo, CoreSolo compatibility.
Snow Leopard requires 1 GB of RAM, and 5 GB of hard disk free. It also got rid of PowerPC CPU compatibility, though continued to include Rosetta.
Leopard requires 512MB of RAM and 9 GB of hard disk free. It got rid of Classic. It added Boot Camp. It adds certain iTunes to iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatibility.
As for your animation issue, is it with an application known to be Lion compatible?
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
And known to be compatible with your GPU?
Do you meet the system requirements?
Do you also have the arbitrarily found additional 15% of hard disk free that helps with Mac OS X in general on top of the specs?
Are your peripheral drivers, and router firmwre all known to be Lion compatible?

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I assume you updated itunes on your computer. PC or Mac?
Look at the posts in the More Like This area to the right side of this page.
Update and restore alert messages on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
http://www.buybuyla.com/tech/view/012953a0d412000e.shtml
iOS: Resolving update and restore alert messages
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iPad: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097
iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
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I seem to have to have two recurring problems with iTunes.
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