Track Icons - Disable or Keep?

I am new to the Mac again. I've been on Cubase for 3 years and I have been told to check out Logic by some reliable pros that I respect.
I looked into this product and the features seemed great, but I took a glance at the arrange window user interface and...bleah! What are those childish looking track icons all about?
These little guitar and microphone, etc., icons make the whole package look like amateur hour. Before I buy this product, is there a way to disable these completely?
Or are they actually helpful to the user?
Thanks!

In earlier versions, I used to use them quite a bit (not the toy-like ones, though, mostly custom icons).
These days, not so much. I find for the most part, I like the generic green and blue icons for instrument tracks and audio tracks respectively - let's me easily see at a glance which track types are which, while helps me quickly grok a large arrangement.

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