With today's ISP speeds, loading is not an issue, besides, there are not much of the difference in the loading times, only in what loads first. I am an old school and still using tables for my new designs. I think tables are way better for much complicated and unique designs. In addition, I am sure that my design will be displayed correctly in all browser types and versions, this is harder to achieve with css. As long as I am alive, you'll see more table based designs and I am sure there are more folks like me.
