Personally I most of the time choose the Abloy Protec2, since I love the technology and the keys too.
I never understood "security people" who would spend a week hardening their OS but did nothing about their locks.
If you want to "get into" the art of opening locks without violence (most of the time :) ) I would suggest attending a meeting of the fine folks of ToooL
Very different threat models. Computers are available to anyone on the internet or the authors of any software I choose to install; remote attacks require very few resources and are common.
Physical attacks are different. The odds of anyone choosing to attack my particular house are very low; they can't attack thousands of houses at once, so basic techniques such as "being slightly less attractive than my neighbors" work well. As a standard residential house, picking the lock isn't the way anyone's going to get in. They could break the window next to the door. They could kick a door in. They could climb to the second level and open a window. They're not at all likely to pick my lock, though.
I advocate for using a decent consumer lock (i.e. not Kwikset - Schlage is sufficient IMO) with a properly installed deadbolt and strike plate but no further for most people.
I don't understand someone spending an absurd amount of money on a very high security deadbolt for a residential application. Burglars don't pick locks to get into houses. They force the door with crowbars, or break a window / open the latch, or climb to a second floor window that people rarely lock, and so on.
Unless your door frame is sufficiently strong enough and the door secure enough as well, spending hundreds of dollars on very high security deadbolts is stupid.