Brand new powerbook g4 - never reaches 100% charge

Does that seem normal? Laptop is only a week old and only reaches 99% (it goes roughly 3 hours on battery at 99%). I know its just 1% but seems odd to me that it doesn't reach 100%. Anyone else experience this? I'm hoping its just a quirk rather then an issue that bodes poorly for the life of the batter.

but now i don't use it on battary any more, its continuesly keep plugged. Still, it started decreasing 1% in a couple of days and now its displaying 94%.
Yesturday night i shut down my system and switched off power too . today i opened my m/c its displaying 100%...
This is completely normal. As Apple states in their Knowledge Base Article Battery Does Not Show Full Charge in Mac OS X. The battery is supposed to do exactly what you describe here: after charging to 100% and when still plugged in, the battery is supposed to drain slowly to below 95% (because a battery not in use will lose charge normally) and only then charge back up to 100%. This helps reduce small charge cycles that would shorten the lifespan of your battery.
...but the color of my power cord id orange, i.e. charging. intresting isn't it?
This does happen sometimes, and it's not normal, but it usually straightens out after a while, sometimes after a reboot, or if you drain the battery and charge it up again. (Although I wouldn't recommend doing that just to make it show the right color, since it's not a serious problem and there's no point adding extra battery cycles just to correct it.)

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