Color display profile

I have noticed that the colors on my Air and IMac differ substanitally.
My Air (and my wife's Macbook Pro) have a default color profile called "Color LCD"
My Imac's profile is called "IMac"
The colors running Color LCD are more red. This is especially noticeable on the Air. If I change the profile to sRGB on the Air then the colors more approximate the IMac colors but not exactly.
My question is whether or not the default settings in different Apple monitors should yield such different results. I use Aperture on my Imac to edit colors on phots and videos. I have nowe chenged my Air to sRGB and the colors are closer although the whites on the Air now have a blusih tint. If I share my photos around to others, will the reddishness that is a problem on my Air also be on most other standard display profile settings?
Thanks

For me and my 17" iMac "Adobe RGB (1998)" from the preinstalled profiles has the richest color. Here is a great link to help you calibrate and set new profiles:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/colorsync-display/colorsync_1.htm
17" iMac Intel Core Duo 1.5GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.9) Maxtor 300GB FireWire Creative Inspire 2.1 2G Nano

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