"With the Windows 10 launch at the end of July, we are watching the impact of that on the back-to-school season, and expect that it might have a bit of a delay to the normal back-to-school season inventory build-up," she said.
Microsoft may issue more information on the expected launch date at its Build conference next week in San Francisco.
Microsoft has already started preparing its user base for the arrival of Windows 10. Recently, a patch for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 was added with the ability to notify users when Windows 10 becomes available.
Windows 10 is already seen as a vastly improved operating systems, compared to Windows 8, as it moves away from the tile interface that failed to impress and returning to the more familiar desktop setup known to millions.
Microsoft hope that this interface will entice businesses and schools to upgrade or buy new systems, as the ancient Windows XP operating system still boasts a high user base, despite support for the platform ending over a year ago.
The Windows XP user base showed a market share of 16.94 percent at the end of March. This compares with 58 percent for Windows 7, which remains the most popular Microsoft operating system in use today.
What is notably, is that the Windows XP user base market share is actually higher than that of Windows 8.1 at 10.55 percent and Windows 8 at 3.52 percent. Even combining Windows 8 and 8.1, the overall Windows 8 user base is still lower than that of Windows XP.
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