Update: 4GB -> 8GB minimum specs (#22620)

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## Description

4GB isn't really enough to do anything on windows, let alone run docker
on top of that, so I've updated it to 8GB.

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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ _For checksums, see [Release notes](/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md)_
- The following hardware prerequisites are required to successfully run
WSL 2 on Windows 10 or Windows 11:
- 64-bit processor with [Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation)
- 4GB system RAM
- 8GB system RAM
- Enable hardware virtualization in BIOS/UEFI. For more information, see
[Virtualization](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/troubleshoot/topics.md#docker-desktop-fails-due-to-virtualization-not-working).
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ For more information on setting up WSL 2 with Docker Desktop, see [WSL](/manuals
Hyper-V on Windows 10:
- 64 bit processor with [Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation)
- 4GB system RAM
- 8GB system RAM
- Turn on BIOS/UEFI-level hardware virtualization support in the
BIOS/UEFI settings. For more information, see
[Virtualization](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/troubleshoot/topics.md#virtualization).
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ For more information on setting up WSL 2 with Docker Desktop, see [WSL](/manuals
- The following hardware prerequisites are required to successfully run
WSL 2 on Windows 10 or Windows 11:
- 64-bit processor with [Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation)
- 4GB system RAM
- 8GB system RAM
- Enable hardware virtualization in BIOS/UEFI. For more information, see
[Virtualization](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/troubleshoot/topics.md#virtualization).