Why is my Airport so Weak?

I have Macbook with OS 10.7.4
I live in an apartment with several bedrooms and the wireless router is in the hall, maybe 5 meters from my laptop (in my bedroom). The wireless works, but very badly. I'm constantly moving my laptop around in my room to catch a signal that only works half the time. The thing is, no one else in the apartment has this problem. They have a laptop PC, ipads and a couple of mac desktop computers. So is there any reason why my wireless (airport) is so weak? Just like me, they have their computers in their bedrooms, so that means we each have a wall separating our laptops from the router.
My last computer was a powerbook and I swear it had more reach. When I had that computer, my roommate had a PC and it would pick up all kinds of signals that mine couldn't. So I figure Mac's wireless is weak to begin with, but this one seems extra bad and the other mac users in my house don't have this problem. I appreciate any help.

Is it an Apple wireless router?
I have an Airport Extreme and I can go anywhere in my 4 bedroom house....even outside, and never have problems.
DALE

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