Microsoft recently published a helpful step-by-step guide to cleaning your computer.

From the article:

“Your computer could fry if you don’t keep it clean,” says Jonathon Millman, chief technology officer for Hooplah Interactive.

Dust clogs the vents behind your computer, which causes your CPU to heat up—and heat is the biggest cause of component failure in computers. Regular cleaning could save you costly maintenance fees down the road.

This is definitely something I want to add to my to-do list for this summer!