Mid 2010 iMac Wifi signal strength issue

I am having issues maintaining a robust Wifi signal on my 21.5 inch 2010 iMac with 10.6.5 installed.
my symptoms are very similar to what is described in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2596933&tstart=0
in addition to that I am experiencing the following symptoms:
can't print to HP wireless printer
remote app for iphone doesn't find the iMac
mobile mouse remote app doesn't find the iMac
can't ping the iMac from Windows laptops on the same subnet or from the router itself
accumulation of send and receive errors in Network Utility
these symptoms occur after the machine has been connected to wifi for 30 minutes or so. Turning off Airport and turning it back on temporarily fixes the issue. the Mac firewall is turned off.
as reported in the post mentioned above, signal strength for my Windows laptops and other devices is consistently -25 but the iMac signal strength fluctuates wildly.
One more troubleshooting step that I have taken is to install Windows 7 on a boot camp partition to rule out the iMac hardware and physical location as the issue. While booted into Windows the iMac did not exhibit any of the above symptoms and held a steady -25 strength signal.
Lastly I am using a TrendNet Wireless N Access Point but have also tried an Apple Extreme and Express (both N). I've tried 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz on various channels. I've even tried dialing down to G mode.
I've read other posts about DNS settings, Static instead of DHCP addressing, etc. and none of these has solved this issue.
Thoughts anybody? TIA

Update concerning additional troubleshooting steps that I have taken.
1) did a clean install of OS 10.6.3 onto an external drive and managed to replicate the issue....so that rules out apps, preference files, etc.
2) managed to get a little bit more stability by setting up an Airport Express in 5Ghz mode with Interference Robustness turned on and the multicast rate set at 9Mbps....of course ios devices don't do 5Ghz so I still have to run another AP...so not an acceptable solution.
What else do I need to do to prove that it's a Mac OS software issue?

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      BANK 1/DIMM0
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      BANK 0/DIMM1
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      BANK 1/DIMM1
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    System Software: ℹ️
      OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 20:6:21
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      OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
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      [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]
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      [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Support]
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      Java  [Support]
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      Destinations:
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      Total size: 999.86 GB
      Total number of backups: 14
      Oldest backup: 2014-12-16 03:10:34 +0000
      Last backup: 2015-01-01 12:10:03 +0000
      Size of backup disk: Too small
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      813 MB Inactive RAM
      735 MB Wired RAM
      39.95 GB Page-ins
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    Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
    Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
    Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
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      1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2-core
      4 GB RAM Upgradeable
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      BANK 1/DIMM0
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      BANK 1/DIMM1
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      Dec 31, 2014, 03:43:22 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2014-12-31-154322_[redac ted].crash
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      Dec 31, 2014, 01:14:00 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WindowServer_2014-12-31-131400_[redacted].crash

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