it's definitely doable on a notebook, just a bit tough to put back cause it's attached in two places. I'd practice and figure out how to put keys back by taking on and off a less useful key, like enter or something, so that you are sure you know how to put them back. I had to take off most of the keys on my powerbook and clean them cause it got soda spilled on it. Unfortunately I started with the shift key... all the other keys were fine, but something happened to the shift and it kept falling off after that...