How's the wireless reception?

Sorry if this should be in the Networking section...I wasn't sure. But I was just wondering how well the reception is on the MBP? I have heard that the old Powerbooks had trouble connecting to access points because the aluminum casing hindered this. Any troubles getting wireless reception in places where plastic cased notebooks received it easily? Thanks in advance for any help.

I use a Dell Latitude D600 and a 15" MacBook Pro at both work and home and I find that the Dell usually reports a full strength signal and yet the MacBook suffers with bad reception. I originally thought this may be a channel problem but this is not the case.
At work we are currently using a Linksys access point and my laptops are about 20 meters from it. Dell reports full signal and MacBook reports about 2-3 bars strength.
At home I use a Belkin Pre-N router and everywhere in the house or garden the Dell reports full signal strength where as the MacBook Pro really suffers in the garden or upstairs.
Now the strange thing is upstairs I have an iMac G5 17" and that reports a full strength signal. Sit the MacBook Pro next to the iMac and the signal is no where near as good.
I am convinced that the antenna on the MacBook Pro suffers more purely because the case is aluminium (or whatever it is!) and this is the problem.
Can anyone shed some light on this?

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