X1carbon to mac air with thunderbolt display

am selling my two x1 carbons (and (2) 3.0docks and (4 )24inch montiros) and replacing with mac airs and using their thunderbolt dock and just curious if anyone has used this setup, i hear the thunderbolt monitors work really well?? i just can't take the usb docks never working

Target Display Mode is not the same as Target Disk Mode. The latter is done using Firewire. The former is only currently usable with a 27" iMac with a Thunderbolt port. Target Display Mode is for using the iMac's display with another computer that has a Thunderbolt port.

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