Should Tables be avoided in HTML at any cost?

Question

It is advisable to use tables in HTML pages (now that we have CSS)?

What are the applications of tables? What features/abilities does tables have that are not in CSS?

Answer 1

you can even use them for layouting, if your layout is somewhat tabular. I like the feature of tables and cells dynamically adjusting to whatever width the browser window is. Never use any fixed widths or height, that's just messing up things.