All peripheral devices, i.e. monitors, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc. and the Ethernet cable are connected to the docking station. Then all you have to do is plug a cable, the one attached to the docking station, into the notebook you want to use.

The only cables that are actually needed are those that are used to connect the devices to a computer. Of course, you may need longer cables or extensions, depending on where everything is placed.

If the notebook can be charged via Thunderbolt, which mine unfortunately can't, it should work with this docking station without any problems. My company Dell is quite demanding in this respect and is supplied with power without any problems.

If you didn't want to change the cable from notebook to notebook, you would probably need a Thunderbolt switch. I can't say whether there is one that also manages the full charging power.

The WD22TB4 requires a firmware update after purchase, which I do with "Dell Command Update". I don't know whether this software runs on a non-Dell computer.
I'm not super convinced by the WD22TB4, there are always problems with the monitor recognition (can of course also be due to the monitor). But we have everything from Dell, about 50 x the combination Dell-XPS notebook, WD22TB4 , Dell monitor S3423DWC.