For once, Apple Computers has been thinking inside the box rather than outside, and following the lead of its fellow global technology majors, it has also decided to set up a large scale technical support centre in India.

Sources confirm Apple is gearing up to hire as many as 1,500 people for its Bangalore-based facility by year-end, and will increase its staff count to a total of 3,000 employees by the end of 2007. Apple