Monitor connected to powerbook. Can I start without opening powerbook?

Hello! We have two powerbooks and they're connected to 20" displays. Is there any way to startup the computers without opening the powerbook? Thanks

Not since the only way to start up is to press the power button... Unless you mean you want to use it in closed lid mode?
You can wake it from sleep and use it closed lid with an external keyboard or mouse.
Or if you just wish to close the lid.. for instance while watching a movie or something then it is possible to change the PMU settings via a terminal command. To prevent the reed switch from triggering sleep.
If you really mean you want to power it on... then i suggest you consider never powering it off in the first place... this may sound stupid if you are windows user and are accustomed to powering down the machine after your done with it.. but OS X is perfectly capable of running the same session for very long periods of time ... even months. Putting the machine into sleep instead of powering down is perfectly ok, it saves time and energy by not having to boot all the time... and causes no strain on your computer (less strain if you consider the boot procedure), only the memory, firmware and various other low power components in between are left on, but other than that the machine is effectively off...
however if leaving it in sleep for long periods e.g. more than a day .. make sure it's plugged in so that it doesn't run out of juice to power the memory ... otherwise youl be booting up again anyway.

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