Flip the laptop upside-down again, and remove the ten M2.5x8 screws securing the palmrest to the base.

Remove the two screw covers on the screws under where the disc drive faceplate was, and then remove each M2.5x4 screw.

Remove the four M2.5x5 screws securing the palmrest to the base.

Remove the two M2.5x11 screws securing the palmrest to the base.

Flip the laptop over, and...

...wait, don't pull the palmrest off yet!

Disconnect each cable.

Remove the two M2.5x5 screws, and now you may go around with a plastic spudger and separate the palmrest from the base.