Macbook pro stolen, what's my best option?

Hey, my macbook got stolen and I just wanted to know what the best possible thing for me to do was.
But before that here's the situation with my system, I hadn't installed any security features on my laptop (the one that takes pictures of the person). I do have the find my macbook locating thing, and I did have a passcode on my lock screen. Since the officer told me that the chances of ever getting my laptop back were pretty slim, I'm leaning towards the lock feature (and have some crazy password that they possibly couldnt get into) in the find my macbook thing or the erase feature (if it wipes the entire hard disk).
What do you guys think?

I would also have a look at SugarSync (www.sugarsync.com), it provides the same services as Dropbox but is not restricted to having to place everything in the single folder to sync.
You can select which folders to sync on your machine, it is much more flexible.
You’re not limited to the desktop or web, either as there are SugarSync clients for iOS devices
You can get a free account which gives you 5 GB of storage. Or you can get 30, 60, 100, or 250 GB of storage for between $4.99 and $24.99 a month.
If you have a Google account have a look at Google Drive, it comes with 5GB of space as well and is free. You can share your documents with anyone and even work with others on a document.
Also have a look at this article http://blogs.computerworld.com/18535/apple_icloud_replacing_idisk_iweb_and_galle ry which discusses exactly moving from iDisk to other services.

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