PowerMac G4 Speakers--Compatibility?

I have old eyeball speakers from my PowerMac G4. They conect to a speaker jack rather than a headphone jack (the PowerMac has both). They won't fit properly into the headphone jack of my new MacBook. Is there anything I can do short of buying new speakers?
BTW, nobody at my local Apple Store even believed that Apple made computers with both headphone and speaker out jacks.
Thanks.

I'm assuming by speaker jack, your talking about a 1/4 inch plug so...
http://monstercable.com/productPage.asp?pin=2440
heres one from Monster Cable for $20, I'd go with this, Monster makes really good quality stuff and they have lifetime guarentee on all their stuff
was the 1/4 inch jack a stock feature with your G4?

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