Airport Express not working wirelessly for OSX only

Hi all-
I have spent days reading in these forums and online attempting to resolve my issue, but to no avail.
Computers:
Macbook Pro, 2009, running Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (just updated today)
Imac, 2008, running Snow Leopard 10.6.2
HP Touchsmart, running windows 7
Gaming:
Playstation 30, 60 Gb Launch unit
Xbox 360 Jasper unit
Wii
Wireless:
Airport Extreme Base Station
I have my two year old airport base station creating a wireless network in my condo that had been working fine with no issues. One day I decided to make the network "invisible". My fiance complained so I decided to turn it back. I figured it was just as easy to reset the airport and set it up again from scratch. What a mistake that was.
After restarting the airport and setting it up again, my Imac and Macbook have a VERY hard time connecting, if they even connect at all (rarely can). Here are issues that sometimes occur:
1) They can't find the network at all
2) They can find it, try to login, but get a timeout error after a minute or so
3) They can find it, login, but don't have an IP address are are not "connected to the internet"
4) They find it, ask for a password, I enter it, it says it's wrong (when it's actually not wrong)
5) Computers can not find the airport base station sometimes, even if directly connected to it.
**sometimes all of these issues happen when trying to connect, sometimes one of them just keeps happening over and over, ie, constantly asking for the password no matter how many times I enter the correct one.
I have tried every trick I saw in the forums- changing the airport firmware, changing the type of wireless security (even not having any), deleting saved networks from my airport prefs, changing the channel I'm broadcasting on, doing a hard reset on my airport (I've set the network up from scratch 20+ times trying to fix it), unplugging the modem and shutting all equipment down for 10 minutes or more, etc.
Sometimes If I play with the airport diagnostic/helper enough, it will eventually just work. I have no idea why. The macbook started working one day, worked for a week, and now is back to not connecting. It's driving us insane.
So now the odd part- My HP running windows 7, my ps3, and y wii ALL work flawlessly running on wireless. So do our iphones. The Xbox is wired through the airport, and works fine as well. Also, I called my internet provider, they say my service is fine. When I hook up the imac or macbook to with an ethernet cable from the airport, they get online fine as well- so the problem is only wireless, and only with the computers that are macs. This is why it seems to me that its an OSX issue.
I've read that some people are having connection issues from Snow Leopard- but I didn't upgrade the imac until recently, and the macbook was upgraded and working fine before these issues began.
Any insight/ideas/thoughts/responses will be greatly appreciated. I'll even throw in a beer if you live in the area

Could a nearby home network interfere with mine? I can see two strong network signals from the neighbourhood...
Yes, it is very possible a neighbor got themselves a brand new 802.11n wireless router and have it "cranked-up" to full power to cover their entire house. This may just be enough to affect your wireless network.
I suggest, if you don't already have it, is to get yourself a copy of Koingo's AirRadar. Use it to identify other Wi-Fis operating nearby. Note especially those that have the strongest signal and what channel they are operating on. Sometimes, something as simple as changing channels for your network will do the trick.

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