Filter previews don't match regular image display

I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure this out. I'm working on a new computer (MacBook Pro, running 10.5.5) and all my filter previews are more saturated than the image is "normally" in Photoshop. This is true for:
- Tiffen DFX
- Photoshop's built in "Spatter" filter (and other filters as well)
- PictureCode NoiseNinja Pro
- Mr. Retro Machine Wash 3
I have another Mac (Dual-core G5 running 10.4.11) which does NOT exhibit this problem.
As far as I can tell everything is the same between the two machines:
- Color Settings: North America General Purpose 2 (synced via Bridge)
- "Proof Colors" disabled
- Same image on both machines
- Same PHOTOSHOP on both machines (same copy installed on my home machine and laptop)
- Both monitors (external on the MacBook Pro) calibrated using Monaco Optix XR.
Any ideas what's going on?

>Sorry, but that is plain BS
Let's try to be a bit less flamey, shall we?
>For starters, in order to use the laptop's keyboard, the external monitor has to be way too high, or the laptop/keyboard way too low, since the darned laptop screen gets in the way.
True, but when using an external monitor (in the office) I also have my external keyboard and mouse. The laptop is on the left and behind, sitting on a riser so the bottoms of both screens are at the same level. External display is on the right. Both angled slightly inward towards me. The laptop overhangs the front of the riser (and the external keyboard) so the display is not too far away.
>Secondly, your scheme underscores the futility of using a laptop and takes away any portability advantage you may have had.
I don't see that. The screen IS profiled, just not as well as the external screen. It's plenty adequate for sorting/filtering shoots and preliminary editing, with more serious color correction, output sharpening, et. handled when back at the office.
>Third, you won't be generating much income doing photography or Photoshop work on a lousy laptop screen "in the islands", or at least not for long. You may have earned your vacation, but the laptop sure isn't going to "pay for it". You may permanently lose some clients instead.
I'll have to tell my clients that one. I'm sure they'll find it worth a chuckle. True the last trip was mostly spent coding and working in Flash, and the more critical Photoshop work I did needed a modest tweak once I got back to the good monitor, but it was pretty close and easy to fix. Technically I suppose working on a trip doesn't mean the trip is paying for itself, but rather than bleeding twice (traveling AND not working for a week) I'm only bleeding once. And I happen to enjoy work, so it's not a vacation killer.
> I stand by my fundamental aversion to laptops.
And I by my attraction to them.

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