Awaiting my Apple TV - How does WiFi reception compare to your Macs?

My Apple TV is due to arrive Monday. So happy to finally be getting one. I have lots of videos, music, and podcasts ready in iTunes!
Unfortunately, my living room is the opposite of the house, from my airport express. Today I was doing some testing with my Powerbook at that far corner where the Apple TV will be.
The Powerbook steamed videos up to about 2200kbps without much problem. Things greater than that wasn't too successful.
Would this be a good comparison to how the Apple TV will do, since I had my Powerbook the same distance from the AE, or might the Apple TV do a little better, since it's specifically designed for this and also has more power than my Powerbook.
Final question: How do you guys find the airport reception compares on the Apple TV to your Macs? I'm hoping maybe the Apple TV has a bit stronger signal than my Powerbook resulting in ability to stream even higher bitrate stuff.
Thanks for your help. I know I should buy a new wireless N Airport, but I'd prefer to wait a couple months and save up for it.

Actually you are quite right, I spoke without thinking. I would think it is mostly aluminium actually, although from an external appearance only the edges are Aluminium, the top is plastic and the bottom is a sort of rubber. I understand the casing is also the units heat sink so I'm guessin' it's aluminium under the plastic and rubber.
However all that said. While I was waiting for my tv's I did much the same as you with my MBP (Aluminium) and my sons MB (plastic), at the time I got surprisingly better results on the MB and when the tv's came I found I got as good as a connection as I got with the MB (couldn't really tell if it was better, it did the job though), whereas the MBP had struggled in these places.

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