Hardware colour calibration tips...

Hi there,
I've recently purchased one of the new glossy 15" MacBook Pros and a glossy 24" Led Cinema Display. I'm no expert in colour on Macs, so i want to be sure i have everything set up as well as possible. I design for web mostly (so print calibration is less important to me), and am used to working on PCs until recently, and i know there are gamma differences between the Macs/PCs.
I notice in the System Preferences, that the laptop screen is using using the "Color LED" display profile and the 24" is using the "LED Cinema Display" profile. Both screens are at full brightness, but they aren't quite matching - one has warmer colours than the other. As yet i haven't manually calibrated either screen.
So my questions would be...
- What brightness level should i be using each screen at?
- What colour profiles should i be using, hardware specific, Adobe or custom?
- What calibration hardware would people recommend to use with these LED displays?
Similarly, should i be doing anything specific in Photoshop / Fireworks etc. to ensure what i see on my screens is a close to ideal (i know that's a vague term, sorry!) across as many different machines / platforms as possible?
I know that everyday users mostly use dodgy screens, and they all tinker with them so there is no "right" setting, but i want to avoid things like what i think are black appearing as dark greys on PC screens etc, or noticeable different colour casts / tones across different systems.
Any help absolutely appreciated!
r.

I have the latest driver from toshiba site...not the nvidia site. This doesnt seem to happen all the time but once in 2-3 boots. I dont think it happened with the driver that came with the machine.
I resintalled and currently there is no antivirus software.
Thank you.

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