Rescue-and-Recovery partition on new Thinkpad

[Daniel Wayne Armstrong]

I ordered a new Thinkpad X201 and when it arrives I will erase Windows
from the drive and install Debian as the sole OS.

My original plan was simply to boot the machine straight into the
Debian installer via usbstick, erase the drive, setup my Debian
installation and install GRUB to the MBR. But I have been reading
about the "Rescue and Recovery" partition and the ThinkVantage button
on new Thinkpads... specifically:

http://www.pbandjelly.org/2010/07/debian-squeeze-on-a-thinkpad-x201/
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Button

If I have no intention of running a dual-boot Windows/Linux system...
is there any advantage to preserving the rescue-recovery partition and
leaving the MBR untouched (installing GRUB to /boot instead) on the
new Thinkpads?

Thanks!

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