Originally Posted by
Isiolia
Ask management instead of IT? Cite health or productivity reasons.
That, or have someone higher up the food chain that has a nicer monitor get a new one, and hand their down to you.
IT usually isn't keen on handing out new stuff due to budgetary constraints and the typical "now everyone else wants one" case. The latter is why we don't put dual monitors on people's desks, for example.
You also tend to get the mentality in IT, since it's usually a good thing, that you're there to prevent things from needing to be replaced.
There's really little reason not to now though, I mean, you can get a decent monitor for barely over $100.