Ahem...a ...no. The AIR is several hundred dollars cheaper comparing the base configurations for both machines. You pressed that knee-jerk moronic "apple is expensive" reflex button again without thinking. Where do you think you are posting? Some place where people hate facts and prefer unfounded opinion, rumors, innuendo, and fiction like Slashdot? Oh wait.

When it comes to security, the more physical the better. Wireless might seem a attractive on cost and convenience but reliability and vulnerability increase substantially. Again on that theme, the more complex a system, the more that can go wrong. It is all a matter of personal acceptance of a level of risk, but I'll stick with hardwired systems on a UPS and two good-sized dogs which gets me and my family to a comfortable sleeping level. that and Mister 12-gauge full of #00 buckshot and slugs. Your mileage may vary.