What Happened to My Speedy Wireless Connection?

If someone can help, I'd appreciate it, because Apple hasn't been able to figure this one out.
I've had an iBook G4 for over 2 years now, connected to my cable internet service by way of airport extreme base station. The connection is speedy and always consistent. I always have full coverage and everything is great.
Here's my problem: On Friday I purchased a brand new MacBook. It's great, except that my wireless connection is really bad! When I open up Internet Connect, the range (or connectivity) shows going from 100% (all bars blue) down to about 20% and then back up again. This makes for a connection ALMOST as slow as dial up!
Of course the first thing I did was re-set my base station, make sure all the software was updated, etc...That didn't work, so I called Apple who told me to disconnect my 2.4GHz cordless phone. Nope. No interference there. I unplugged the phone and nothing changed. That was the ONLY solution Apple could give me except to take the new machine to the Genius Bar.
I've just returned home from the Apple Store and I'm more frustrated than ever. My connection in the store was lightning fast and consistent for the entire time I was there.
Here's the rub..My iBook still works great. Fast as ever. The new MacBook is picking up 3 times as many nearby networks as the iBook, but can't seem to connect well to MY network. Argh! I just paid $1500 for this machine, plus $49 per month for broadband and now I'm working on dial-up speed. This is gonna drive me crazy!!!
Thanks in advance for any suggestions....
MacBook 2Ghz 10gig Ram 160 Gig HD Mac OS X (10.4.8)

if you really
want a secure network keep WPA but if not change your
security to WEP at least then your speed will
increase. This is all based on if you have WPA
security enabled.
I have always used 128bit WEP...for better or worse. Should I switch to 40bit? If something doesn't work soon, I'm sending this blasted thing back. I'm paying stupid money every month for cable internet service and I'm getting dial-up speed. I just can't figure out why my iBook runs like a wireless dream, and this 'great' new computer can't stream video or music from the internet. Not what I'd expect from this revved-up machine! It's frustrating....
ibook G4 1G 256mb Mac OS X (10.4.1)

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