MBP shuts off after 10 minutes on a almost full charge.

I have had my Mac for a year and just upgraded to Leopard. Now whenever I go off the charger to battery power it shuts down after 10 to 15 minutes but the battery meters tell me the battery is fully charged. And how the MBp is telling my battery is fully charged at 96%. Could this be a Leopard power management issue I haven't discovered yet?I bought it in May so I don't think it is one of the faulty batteries.

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Good news! I guess. I had the same problem - abrupt shut down with ~75% power showing on battery lights and in the top bar. My unit is a 15" Intel MBP 2.33G machine, 20 months old. Took the unit to my local Apple store - fortunate to have on near by. Showed the Genius the trick. He looked in the database and found the problem. It seems there are a number of these things doing this. Something to do with the processor in the battery that monitors and communicates the battery status to the system going bad and making it seem like there is no power even when there is. Bottom line - I was given a new battery! Apple has extended the warranty to cover these problems. GREAT COMPANY! SHOW ME A PC MANUFACTURER THAT WOULD REPLACE A DEFECTIVE BATTERY ON A UNIT 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY!
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