Spyder pro, spyder elite or eye one display 2

hello folks,
i have a macbook pro5,3 with the glossy screen and editing with Aperture 3. i'm wondering which brand works best for the macbook pro or the most "mac friendly". i'm willing to spend the $200 for either the spyder elite or the eye one display 2 but don't know which is the most user friendly for the macbook pro. of course if i can get away with the cheaper spyder 3 pro for my needs then so be it.
i'm quite the amateur and most of my editing is on my spare time (which i don't have a lot of) and lots of my pics are experimental like landscapes, macros, etc as well as 1000's of shots of my 6mo old daughter .
but i would like to have at least a good starting point until i get more experience and go for an external monitor. not going for the most precise at the moment but something that will be quick and simple for a newbie so i can have a more truer display than the default settings.
also, does apple do a good job with prints?
thanks

that's a blue net on mine
when you calibrate, do you have the option in system prefs to "reduce brightness before display sleeep" turned OFF? if not, that can play havoc with profile creation
i've not used the eye one calibrator, what colour temperature and gamma are you selecting? with mine I use the native white point and gamma 2.2
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for some test images try...
http://www.brucelindbloom.com/
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the very first density wedge on the 'contrast' page is blue, so if you see purple here you need to start defaulting/reverting settings

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