What to do about dust inside my 'puter

I took my 'puter somewhere to have someone add an airport card in it for me and noticed through the holes in the top in the last 3 yrs. there is a lot of dust that has accumulated in there! What should I do about this? Is it a problem? or can it be?
thanks in advance for your advice!

Hello Donnette,
First of all - Do not use compressed air on the thing. You will only end up blowing the dust further inside the computer.
Every now and then I take a vacuum cleaner to mine. Try not to make stroking movements, this can create static. Not good for a Mac at all.
If you are really worried about the dust, you could have the machine taken apart by a suitably qualified person - This will involve a large bill though ( possibly! )
Hope that helps some. Post back if you need more.
Regards
Ian

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