Not really - takes about 30secs or so to boot up I guess..... Just wondered really. It would be usefull in order to allow the PC to boot up at somepoint during the day to do a virus scan or whatever, or just to have it sitting n ready when I get in, etc....

The shut down thing would be good as I often leave it on with a playlist in Media Player when I go to bed, and to have a set time for it to power down would be usefull......