We're not certain if Apple CEO Steve Jobs is keen on answering Mike's dare to make a regular Mac, because you see, he's quite busy with other more important things. For one, Jobs' busy answering allegations from certain environmental groups about Apple's waste.

And it is also possible that the official is busy counting his total compensation for 2006. Haven't you heard? Financial publication Forbes.com just named Steve Jobs as the highest paid CEO for 2006, as he was able to take home more than US$ 646 million through stock-based compensation. Forbes.com mentioned that exercised stock options are still the main component of pay while changes in the components of executive compensation have occurred throughout the years.

In fact, 48% of the executive pay of the 200 CEOs monitored came from stocks. Mind you, that's an average gain of US$ 7.3 million per CEO. The second highest paid chief executive was Ray Irani from Occidental Petroleum who took home US$ 321.64 million in 2006.