From d1023e8b9ff44584ac750fb0ba63b499303bace5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LilaHexe <144436900+LilaHexe0@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:40:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 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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 content/manuals/desktop/setup/install/windows-install.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/manuals/desktop/setup/install/windows-install.md b/content/manuals/desktop/setup/install/windows-install.md
index 5b321df3c2..1e31f92337 100644
--- a/content/manuals/desktop/setup/install/windows-install.md
+++ b/content/manuals/desktop/setup/install/windows-install.md
@@ -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).