Weird Problem Came Up Today. Don't know what to do!

I've been using my MacBook for just under a week now without any problems whatsoever.
However, today, I was surfing the web with no external devices attached and the computer suddenly turned off with no warning. I turned the power back on and while the Apple logo was being displayed, it shut off again. I turned it back on and it worked fine for the rest of the time I used it at that point.
Tonite, I had loaded a bunch of music files onto a USB drive to transfer some of them over to my new MacBook and halfway through the transfer, the same thing happened. After THAT restart, the files transferred without any issue.
I called the tech support line and we ran through the software and hardware check and absolutely nothing came up. I have CoreDuoTemp installed and my temperature is just fine so I know it has nothing to do with overheating. It hasn't happened since. I'm starting to get a little worried because I read a topic about this happening to someone else.
The only things I did out of the norm yesterday was finally having a chance to caliberate my battery, used my CD/DVD drive for the first time, and adjusted my sleep settings. I have the Black MacBook upgraded with 1 gb of RAM.
It's also worth noting that I did not receive any error messages about my system being shut down improperly.
I'd rather not have to send this in to get serviced already.
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi, Jackson,
yes, the slow movement to 100% is pretty common. The battery gauges on these things are never really completely accurate anyway, and the charging process is actually designed to avoid the computer continuously trying to top up the last few percent.
What will often happen , in fact, is that the computer will charge to 100%, then stop charging and the charge level will drop back a little and stay that way for quite a while, before it kicks in again. This is deliberate. It prevents the battery from being continuously charged. Lithium batteries can only handle a finite number of rechargeing episodes and if it didn't do this then the constant "top up" process would cause the battery to fail much faster, as the "cycles" available would be continuously being used up.
As far as the error message goes, you should get it most of the time, especially if you "force" a shutdown by holding down the power switch, but whether it will appear when other problems occur is less consistent.
If I suffered your problem again then my next step would be to first:
a) "Zap the PRAM" (shut down , hold down the apple option p r keys while starting up. Keep the keys pressed until the chimes have sounded at least three times)
and if that didn't fix it
b) reset the PMU - see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
If that didn't fix it either, then I'd be following Kappy's suggestion and heading for the repair shop. Macs generally don't do things like this unless something is wrong!
Cheers
Rod

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