ICal alarm does not wake up mac

Hi,
I'm trying to set up alarm in iCal to launch app at scheduled time. It works when the mac is up and running. But if mac was sleeping at the scheduled time, alarm is missed.
I've read from somewhere that the new iCal in Leopard is able to wake up mac from sleep. Is it negative?
Thanks,
ner

I don't believe it will wake the machine up. But what you can do is set a Wake time in the Energy Preferennces to wake the machine up a minute or two before the scheduled ical alarm.
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