Is it possible to hook 2 23" Cinema Displays up to a 17" MacBook Pro

I bought a 23" Cinema Display a couple of years ago. I love it, so much that I bought a 2nd one last week. I was hoping to be able to hook both of them up to my 17" MacBook Pro with a DVI Splitter. However, all the DVI Splitter does is split the display - so I have mirrored monitors. Is there some other piece of hardware that will allow me to drive both monitors from my MacBook (and my PC). I'm currently using a DVI-KVM Switch in order to use the same monitor, keyboard and mouse with both machines.
Thanks,
Matt

unfortunately not currently. there are some interesting technologies, from matrox, for example, that are able to span analog monitors by creating a virtual double wide monitor, but not available for digital displays yet. i also believe that someone will make an ExpressCARD graphics adapter in the near future, much like there were PCMCIA graphics cards in the past.
it is technically possible to breakout the Expresscard to desktop style PCI card planes, so the answer to you question is yes, there is a way, it is just very expensive, a pretty big box, the expense of a graphics adapter... nor really the solution i think you are seeking, more for pro applications - not to mention the driver nightmare it might be to get such a system working.

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