Loosing connection ,please need a fix airport extreme on macbook pro

Purchased new in January of this year MacBook Pro ,13 inch,Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)
I see a lot of people with this same problem, tried rebooting everything , it a problem with the Mac. the PC laptops work fine .I have the same problem where ever I travel also. Has there been any fix for this issue of the of being disconected wirelessly from the internet every few seconds , or are the macbooks now a mini desktop computer ? With the higher cost of a Mac compred to an PC , this is very dissapointing.Purchased for use on the job as I travel alot, useless if unable to keep connected to internet anywhere.Presently have airport shut off so able to send this without waiting for 20 minutes.For anyone able to help thanks in advance.
WI-Fi info ;
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN:          2.1.2 (212.2)
CoreWLANKit:          1.0.3 (103.2)
Menu Extra:          7.1 (710.1)
configd plug-in:          7.2.1 (721.3)
System Profiler:          7.0 (700.3)
IO80211 Family:          4.2 (420.3)
WiFi Diagnostics:          1.0.2 (102)
AirPort Utility:          6.1 (610.31)
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type:          AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6)
Firmware Version:          Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.4.20)
MAC Address:          68:a8:6d:1b:11:e0
Locale:          FCC
Country Code:          US
Supported PHY Modes:          802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels:          1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless:          Supported
AirDrop:          Supported
Status:          Off

I recommend making a visit to local Apple Retail Store, they can diagnose you computer.
Try reseting the SMC.

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