Powering down a macbook

I just purchased my new macbook - which I've had for about a week. I am so far fairly happy with it, but there's a thing I don't know what to think or do about.
When powering down, I am used to simply selecting "shut down" (either by power button or menu) then closing the machine (folding it up). From past experience with macs (and pcs), when I do this, I expect the machine to continue on shutting down.
But it seems that with this new macbook, if I fold up the computer WHILE it's shutting down, it doesn't shut down all the way. Instead, it just keeps on running, drains the battery, and gets really hot.
If it were to just go to sleep, I think I'd be fine with it. But somehow, somewhere between shutting and folding the macbook, it gets confused or something...
It happened to me twice already. The first time I'd no idea what had happened, until this second time today. I'm certainly going to start consciously watching what I do when from now on, but:
Is this expected or a known problem for macbooks? Is it something I'm doing wrong? Or perhaps, it's my machine in particular that's doing this?
Any help would be appreciated.
J.
macbook

It appears as though your're not alone. There are some users who are experiencing failures to shutdown and a draining of the battery just as you describe. Although, you are the first, at least that I've noticed, to describe specific details of the circumstances surround it though with the closing of the lid prior to complete shutdown.
While I don't believe you are doing anything wrong I would suggest you wait until full shutdown has been achieved before closing the lid. Additionally, try updating to Mac OS X 10.4.7 to see if it is any different. Finally, you can also try repairing your disk permissions using Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities).

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