Wireless connection: mac maybe, pc yes

i am currently piggybacking on a wi-fi connection pending getting my own isp connection. problem is that for the same network connection, my pc laptop will connect (and strongly) while my imac will not connect. they are less than 2 feet apart. some of the time the imac will connect and then lose the signal. i then turn the laptop on and it will connect to the same network or seek and connect to another, which the mac has never connected with.
anyone have any idea what is going? why does the pc connect if the signal is there and the mac will not regardless of the signal strength?
i have read about 20 pages of comments and none seem to apply. i have tried using the airport assistant and repair connection, but nothing seems to work. i even turned on the apple talk, but that didn't help. now i am writing this on my pc laptop as my mac indicates a problem connecting with the same network the pc shows as having a 'very good' connection at 54mbps.
many thanks.

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