Questions inc amber never goes green but showing 100% charge

I have just received my new Powerbook & i went through the calibrating battery procedures but the power plug (that connects to the side of the PB) goes green for 1-2 seconds when plugging in then stays at amber - even when the charge is showing as 100%.
I have unplugged, restarted, disconnected, reconnected etc but I get exactly the same response.
I used a program called coconutbattery which shows that the 'Mac is 2 months old' - is this OK? ( I received it yesterday).
What is the approx time for a battery to last if set to 'normal' settings & fairly dim display & just surfing web? (a rough guide would be welcome)

I wouldn't worry that your Mac is 2 months old; I would guess that is a fairly normal time from production to sale once the initial rush for a new model has died down. (Most "new" cars have been standing in a field somewhere for months!) As to the life of your battery - well it won't be anything like the 3.5 hours or whatever they claim on the box. If you get around 2 hours using it as you describe you'll be doing pretty well and certainly within spec.
HOWEVER - you shouldn't just put up with this problem. It's a simple matter for Apple to swap the charger for you so that you can at least identify the source of the problem. Give them a call.
PS They will almost certainly ask you to reset the PMU so you might as well try that before you pick up the phone:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

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