MacBook Air (2008) screen contents on iMac (2011)

I have a MacBook Air from 2008 and I would like to connect it up to my 2011 iMac so that it displays the contents of my MBA on the iMac's screen.
I saw that this is easily achieved with a Thunderbolt cable, but my MBA doesn't have that option: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP501
Is there a way to achieve this please?
Thanks!

Thanks Niel, I tried that, managed to get it working but for some reason the screen would only show windows off to the right of the screen i.e. out of view, you'd actually have to put the window off the screen to see it on the other Mac, weird?!
Anyway, the fans started to go and it was a little laggy, plus it will cost money after some time, so I decided to go the cable route.
It looks like I have the "Apple Micro-DVI to DVI Adapter" (part: MB203G) which came with my MacBook Air and so I would need a Micro-DVI to Thunderbolt converter like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-METRE-MINI-DISPLAY-PORT-THUNDERBOLT-to-DVI-CABLE-CON VERTOR-FOR-MAC-PC-Mini-DP-/331028854802

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