I am trying to dig up the old benchmarks that created the tables are slow mantra but like all things their is a grain of truth to it. Before IE 5 and the additi

I am trying to dig up the old benchmarks that created the tables are slow mantra but like all things their is a grain of truth to it. Before IE 5 and the addition of the table-layout CSS property tables where considerably slower and more resource intensive on the browser to render. That being said, the point is mostly moot in modern browsers. While their are differences in performance metrics between CSS and table layout, the reality is, it is insignificant enough to not be cause for concern. Unless you are specifically targeting browsers before IE 5.