My Macbook Air is always "looking for a network"

The computer is constantly disconnecting, searching, then reconnecting to the network. This amounts to an extremely slow internet experience and no capabilities to watch videos at all! Not even youtube, as it can't buffer ahead. It is ironic that my 10 year old Powerbook G4 is faster than my brand new Macbook Air!!
2 weeks ago I had this complaint and Apple replaced the airport card and now the problem, which was annoying before, is much worse and not tolerable. It takes 2 minutes to load a google search!
I have a feeling this is something to do with the setup because I have heard that one of the upgrades on iPads was to disconnect when on 3G/4G networks to save data use but this is completely absurd on a laptop. Any chance the new programming was across the board on all airport updates?(good chance this ipad thing was just a rumor too!- I don't really know)
Any ideas on how to fix this?

Enter the PIN code that the user used to lock the device originally, using Find My Mac to have done so.
Alternatively, go to an Apple Store to have it unlocked. Be prepared to prove the unit belongs to you. As the PIN code feature is designed for owners to thwart thieves who have stolen a device.

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