Can I connect a Macbook to a wireless network for PCs?

I would like to purchase a Macbook but I would like to figure out the extra costs before buying. I currently have a Dell Inspiron 600m notebook that connects to the linksys network in our house, can I connect a Macbook to the same network or is there another package I need to buy?

The other users may know more about this than I and dispute with me, but I can tell you from personal experience that sometimes there are problems. At this very moment, for example, I am at a buddy's house who has a wireless router hooked to his pc and my apple FIRST displayed one internet page and then flaked out on me. SECOND showed an airport signal but could not connect to any sites. THIRD showed no airport signal at all.
The solution is to plug directly to the router with an ethernet cable and it always works.
The other solution is to unplug the router for 30 seconds to reset it everytime you switch between a pc and a mac. The cable company gave me this handy solution which they claim is a constant necessity. BUT I have found it is in fact rarely needed at home where both pc and macs are running. But still sometimes I have to do it.
So if there is some pattern to all of this I cannot find it. But there is no "extra" hardware required, just some occasional software failures.

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