My Macbook Pro just shuts off.....not very happy

I got my 17" MBP a week ago Saturday. Everything was fine for almost a week. Friday it shut odwn on me three times. I called Apple Care and they walked me through a series of steps that supposedly would take care of the problem: remove the battery, press and hold ctrloptionR, while turning the computer on and pressing 'P' (I think). It seemed to do the trick, as I had no problems until today.
This morning it would start up, I'd be on it for a few minutes and it would just shut off. It did this about four or five times. Then this evening - it has done it twice. It just goes black and shuts down.
My settings for sleep are set correctly, my battery is charged correctly - this is just very upsetting.
I didn't think Macs did stuff like this. I had so many problems with PC's and laptops over the years, I was hoping I had escaped some of this.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Does anyone know WHY this would happen?
I'm calling Apple Care tomorrow and getting to the bottom of this. I want a reason/solution or a new MB.
Thanks for your help!

Hi. I just did the update over the weekend. I had my MacBook pro (1st Gen) just shut down and didn't think much of it after about an hour of use. I put the charger on it for a couple days and left today on a business trip. I assume I had a full charge. I got about one third through a movie while flying. usually with the right settings I can get a movie and some work done. Anyway the machine just shut down. It would not reboot. It would try but fail like it had not enough power to complete the boot. The interesting thing is when I press the battery indicater button on the back it was showing four green lights which is about right given the amount of the movie I got through. Three hours later in Toronto it boots like nothing was ever wrong. However after about 5 mins it just shut itself down again. Wait a half hour it will do the same thing the battery shows about an hour remaining at this point but it won't stay running. I don't think the battery needs to be calibrated I mean it shows what looks to be the right time remaining when it does boot. Also I didn't even get 40 mins out of it after a fresh charge? I am like everyone else here hoping for an answer. I was going to go buy a new battery but I hit the boards first and it looks like that might not be the answer. Just thought I would give my experience in case it helps someone out there find a fix and the more that make apple aware of this problem the better.
Cheers

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