Been watching a few video reviews on Youtube, and I don't really see much of the sluggishness. There's some delay when rotating the screen, but nothing outrageous. The Tab 2 came out pretty level with the Nexus on the various open app / load a website tests that folk did. The Tab fell short on graphic intensive stuff, but for general browsing and media is seemed pretty comparable to the Nexus.
Venge, is the difference really that noticable?
Could also install CM10 on it, which some people say improves speed dramatically.
Noticed some refurbs on
ebay for £140ish. Might be worth a punt.