Trying to calibrate 17" screen AND Cinema Display 20"; 17" is way off

I've just bought an Apple Cinema display and calibrated it using Eye One software and calibration device. The color on the 20" seems accurate. When I create a profile on the PB the resulting color in NO WAY matches the 20" Display. I would have thought a calibration device would see the difference in color each display emits and produce a "neutral" profile. I know the PB display will have less luminosity and contrast, but the colors are so much warmer, redder.
I wonder if I should just do it by eye -- as all I really want is for them to be close (and us the 20" for photo retouching...
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

It can be very difficult to get an LCD monitor screen to match an LCD notebook screen because they are, in many ways, like cats and dogs. Because of the need to run for a reasonable amount of time from a battery, a notebook display has to be a low power device. They typically operate at less than 10 watts. Lacking that restriction, a desktop monitor can have more backlights, brighter backlights and thicker color filter material, which results in extended color gamut, compared with a notebook screen. So trying to make two such devices color match can be a fruitless exercise. I like your idea of eyeballing it. Ironically, you might get a better result than a color calibrator.

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