Powering on a new Quad G5 ?

I just got in a Quad, and the reality of not being able to power it on by touching the power button on my ADC monitors, just hit home. I of course have to use the ADC to DVI adapters, and my G5 is located deep under my desk. I have a bad neck, and reaching in and under there each morning is not good for me.
Anyone have any suggestions to remotely power-on the Quad?

I'm always on the "other" side of the should you leave your computer powered on or off. I almost always suggested shutting it down for various reasons, including the general use of a limited resource, our energy supply. However, I also always say that there are quite a few good reasons to leave your Mac running either in sleep mode or full power, and yours is certainly a good reason.
Sleep mode on the Macs is pretty energy efficient, especially if you are also sleeping or shutting off your monitor. In your case, I'd suggest setting your sleep options to put the hard disk to sleep as well, unless you plan on running your computer for one of the collaborative distributed computing tasks that others have or will mention.
Tom N.

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