MacBookPro glossy display as good as iMac display?

How good is the MacBookPro glossy display compare to the iMac display? I just love the colour of the iMac display, i noticed however that the matte MBPs in the stores are not as awesome as the iMac. I have no experience with the glossy MBPs and the store only displays the matte ones. Does anyone have an opinion if the MBP glossy display can match the display performance of the iMac?

Chris look at my comments in this thread regarding testing reflections in sunlight glossy v matte:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1334434
It is not so much the display as the way the computer produces the colors BTW. The iMac is capable of true "millions of colors" because it uses 24 bit color (8 bit each, RGB) however the MacBook Pro uses only 18 bit color (6 bit per color, RGB) This produces 260,000 colors which then are added too by dithering to provide the in between colors. While it works well and is beautiful it cannot compete side by side with the iMac, hence less 'wow' factor

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