The full press release that none of the news sites are linking to:
canalys.com/insights/end-of-wi…
They are saying that companies will buy new hardware and that refurbishing companies have difficulty selling machines stuck running an old and unsupported Windows, and that's exactly @nixCraft 's point:
If only those consumers and sellers would be aware that most of their everyday computer use would be perfectly doable with a GNU/Linux distribution that runs on decade-old hardware and is receiving continual security updates at no charge.