Battery draining without being used..

Hi,
I've got one of the new aluminium macbook, and i've noticed the battery is acting pretty weirdly. I havent yet actually used the computer without it being plugged into the mains, so the battery should remain charged, as it used to with my old ibook.
However, i've noticed twice now, today being the best example, that sometimes when i turn it on, with the charger plugged in, the light shows orange and it tells me it's only 93% charged. I mean, since the last time i used it i haven't turned it on without the adapter, and it's telling me it needs to charge for an hour?! something's not right there.
i heard there were issues with the battery, but is anyone having this problem?

I have the aluminum MacBook as well, and I have a major problem with my battery.
I sometimes leave the computer playing a movie at night, and it goes to sleep when it's finished. The next day I packed it up and later found the battery completely dead (I thought oh well I guess something happened and it drained during the night)
Same thing happened a few days later when I closed the lid, came back and found the battery dead.
I looked up the battery in the Profiler, in the utilities folder. It said maximum charge 504mah (I belive it should be around 1500mah) and for condition it said "check battery"
So at this point I hook it back up to the charger, time left til charged 1.5 hours or so. Once it finished charging I took off the charger to check the charge remaining time and it read "10:00" 100% charge (but it never goes down, and within 1 to 2 minutes the computer will shut off)
When the computer is powered off and I press the battery level check button on the side it reads as full green.
Obviously there is a major problem but I wanna know if it's just the battery that was faulty, or is there a problem with the computer that caused the battery to go bad. The computer has been working fairly well. Having it checked at the Apple store tomorrow.
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: SMP-bq20z951-3943-735
Manufacturer: SMP
Device name: bq20z951
Pack Lot Code: 0000
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 002a
Hardware Revision: 000a
Cell Revision: 0100
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 65344
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 65344
Health Information:
Cycle count: 14
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 9591

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