Can a MacBook Pro 15-inch Early 2008

I currently have a MacBook Pro 15 inch, Early 2008
Software: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5
I want to know if my laptop if capable of upgrading it's memory to 8GB? It currently has 2 GB but in order for a certain software program to run, it's requiring a laptop device with 8 GB, so I'm trying to decide if this laptop is capable of doing such or if I need to purchase a newer laptop.

It can run 6GB. If the computer has 8GB installed and more than 4GB is in use at any given time, it'll slow down so much that it becomes unusable.
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