Why doesnt mac book pro wireless  internet not work as well as my macbook

Hello,
My brother bought a macbook a few months ago, and we are on vacation now. He kept telling me to buy a macbook pro since i liked his so much, so i did. Know that i have it (1 week old) i have not been able to connect to the internet very well at all. If my computar and his are right next to each other, his picks up all of the signals while mine picks up none. Or if his computar is turned off, and im using mine, it connects only sometimes, and if it does, it is not very strong at all.
Any help???
thanks

Interference Robustness can help improve connections and reception in areas with cordless phones, microwave ovens, baby monitors... etc.
It's just a suggestion. Click the airport icon on the task bar at the top right of your screen. There'll be an option to use Interference Robustness.
As the previous poster said, the MacBook Pro's aluminium enclosure can mean it get's a weaker signal than the plastic MacBook does.
Switching Interference Robustness on might help you.

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